The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration

by Natalie Masuoka and Jane Junn

The United States is once again experiencing a major influx of immigrants. Questions about who should be admitted and what benefits should be afforded to new members of the polity are among the most divisive and controversial contemporary political issues.

Using an impressive array of evidence from national surveys, The Politics of Belonging illuminates patterns of public opinion on immigration and explains why Americans hold the attitudes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022605716X
• ISBN13: 9780226057163
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"