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Welcoming new Americans? : local governments and immigrant incorporation / Abigail Fisher Williamson.
LIBRA JV6483 .W54 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Abigail Fisher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Government policy--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Government policy.
- United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Municipal government--United States.
- Municipal government.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 389 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: Local government responses to immigrants. Municipal responses across four new immigrant destinations
- Municipal responses nationwide: frequent inaction, substantial accommodation, rare restriction
- Part 2: Explaining local government responses to immigrants. Federal policies, national politics, and local understanding of immigrants
- Beyond bureaucrats: elected and appointed officials' incentives for accommodation
- The civil rights legacy, external scrutiny, and reining in restrictive response
- Part 3: Local government responses and consequences for immigrant incorporation. The select few: municipal accommodation and elite collaboration
- Municipal accommodation: generating welcome or backlash?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226572512
- 022657251X
- 9780226572659
- 022657265X
- OCLC:
- 1019845719
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