Immigrant Political Incorporation in the United States
by Abby Fisher Williamson on December 10, 2008 in Features
My dissertation examines the political incorporation of immigrants in the United States, particularly in smaller cities for which immigration is a new phenomenon.
Unlike some other immigrant-receiver nations, the United States lacks a uniform immigrant incorporation policy. Federal policy specifies the conditions for entry and attaining citizenship. Between entry and naturalization, however, immigrants, and the states and localities in which they settle, must negotiate their own systems of interaction – which in turn affects prospects for political incorporation. Read more
