Afro-Caribbean immigrants and the politics of incorporation : ethnicity, exception, or exit /

Afro-Caribbean immigrants and the politics of incorporation : ethnicity, exception, or exit /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rogers, Reuel Reuben, 1969-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 301 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Caribbean Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government. Caribbean Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity. Blacks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government. Blacks -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York. Immigrants -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York. Political participation -- New York (State) -- New York. Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York. Racism -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York. Blacks -- Politics and government. Blacks -- Race identity. Ethnicity -- Political aspects. Immigrants -- Political activity. Political participation. Politics and government. Race relations -- Political aspects. Racism -- Political aspects. New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects. New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812371

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ISBN:	0511169264 9780511169267 0511168837 9780511168833 9780521676403 0521676401 9780521859226 0521859220 9780511606694 0511606699 1280436883 9781280436888 051116839X 9780511168390 0511167873 9780511167874 1107156289 9781107156289 0511314728 9780511314728
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States? With the arrival of unprecedented numbers of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean over the last several decades, there is reason once again to consider this question. The country is confronting the challenge of incorporating a steady, substantial stream of non-white, non-European voluntary immigrants into the political system. Will racism make this process as difficult for these newcomers as it did for African Americans? The book concludes discrimination does interfere with the immigrants' adjustment to American political life. But their political options and strategic choices in the face of this challenge are unexpected ones, not anticipated by standard accounts in the political science literature.
Other form:	Print version: Rogers, Reuel Reuben, 1969- Afro-Caribbean immigrants and the politics of incorporation. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521859220 0521676401

Table of Contents:

Beyond black and white theories of political incorporation
"Good" blacks and "bad" blacks?
Letting sleeping giants lie
Afro-Caribbeans and African Americans
Afro-Caribbean sojourners
Black like who? Afro-Caribbean immigrants, African Americans, and the politics of group identity
Black ethnic options.