Title Between two nations : the political predicament of Latinos in New York City / Michael Jones-Correa

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction: The new Hispanic immigration -- Intimate strangers: immigration to Queens -- Participation in the American polity: why citizenship matters -- Explaining participation: why it takes so long to become a citizen -- Resistance from outside: machine politics and the (non)Incorporation of immigrants -- Resistance from within: the myth of return and the community of memory -- In between identities: race and ethnicity in the American context -- The politics of in between: avoiding irreconcilable demands, keeping loyalties -- Wanting it both ways: the quest for dual citizenship -- Wanting in: Latin American immigrant women and the turn to electoral politics -- Liminality and democratic citizenship Summary Immigrants come to the United States from all over Latin America in search of better lives. They obtain residency status, find jobs, pay taxes, and they have children who are American citizens by birth; yet decades may go by before they seek citizenship for themselves or become active participants in the American political process. Between Two Nations examines the lack of political participation among Latin American immigrants in the United States to determine why so many remain outside the electoral process. Michael Jones-Correa studied the political practices of first-generation immigrants in New York City's multiethnic borough of Queens. Through intensive interviews and participant observation, he found that immigrant participation was stymied both by lack of encouragement to participate and by the requirement to renounce former citizenship, which raised the fear of never being able to return to the country of origin. The hesitation to naturalize as American citizens can extend over decades, leaving immigrants adrift in a political limbo. Between Two Nations is the first qualitative study of how new immigrants assimilate into American political life. Jones-Correa reexamines assumptions about Latino politics and the diversity of Latino populations in the United States, about the role of informal politics in immigrant communities, and about gender differences in approaches to political activity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL SUBJECT Metropolitan Museum of Art gnd Subject Hispanic Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government Immigrants -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York Citizenship -- New York (State) -- New York HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) Citizenship Ethnic relations Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government Immigrants -- Political activity Ethnische Beziehungen Hispanos Politisches Engagement Citoyenneté -- États-Unis -- New York (N.Y.) Immigrés -- États-Unis -- New York (N.Y.) -- Activité politique. Américains d'origine latino-américaine -- États-Unis -- New York (N.Y.) -- Politique et gouvernement. SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (N.Y.) -- Relations interethniques. New York (N.Y.) Hispanos. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501731341 1501731343

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