The Republican Party and Immigration Politics : From Proposition 187 to George W. Bush / by A. Wroe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wroe, Andrew.

Series:

Studies of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Latin America.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Political science.

Political planning.

Latin American Culture.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Public Policy.

Local Subjects:

Latin American Culture.

European Politics.

Political Science.

Public Policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Learning from History; 3 The Early Politicization of the Illegal-Immigration Issue; 4 The Increasing Salience of Illegal Immigration and the Qualification of Proposition 187; 5 The Campaign; 6 The Judicial Death of Proposition 187; 7 The Legislative Revival of Proposition 187; 8 Immigration Politics at Century's End; 9 Immigration Politics in a New Century; Appendix A: Opinion Poll Details; Appendix B: Proposition 187: Text of Proposed Law; Appendix C: Additional Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references ([231]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9786611976514

9781281976512

1281976512

9780230611085

0230611087

OCLC:

314769817