Claiming citizenship : race, religion, and political mobilization among new Americans /

What are the factors that motivate the political mobilization of immigrants, and what strategies do they use to achieve political power? 'Claiming Citizenship' looks at the civic and political activism of Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United Stat...

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Main Author: Kurien, Prema A., 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Oxford studies in migration and citizenship.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What are the factors that motivate the political mobilization of immigrants, and what strategies do they use to achieve political power? 'Claiming Citizenship' looks at the civic and political activism of Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Yet they do not follow the unified model of mobilization of other powerful American ethnic groups. Prema Kurien argues that race, religion and caste take on new layers of meaning through the Indian experience of racialization in the United States, and across generations of Indian Americans.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : illustration, map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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