Claiming Citizenship - Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans

Summary

Large-scale international immigration has transformed the political contours of Western societies over the last few decades. The political mobilization of ethnic groups has prompted questions about nationhood, citizenship, and secularism, as well as what it means to institutionalize pluralism.

Claiming Citizenship looks at 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. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans have become a rising political force given that they have not followed the traditional, recommended model of political influence. She examines the dialectical process through which immigrants conform to the structures and cultures of the society to which they have immigrated, but also work to transform their adopted homelands to accommodate their unique needs.

Additional text

At a time when Indian Americans are making an increasing impact in American politics, Prema Kurien has written an impressive book about how the South Asian and Indian US population has developed and expanded its civic participation. As a sociologist of religion, I found the book especially helpful in providing a strong argument about the distinctive ways in which race and religion have shaped this important development in our nation's public life.

Product details

• Authors: Prema Kurien, Prema A. Kurien, Prema A. ( Kurien
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.11.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780197784082
• ISBN: 978-0-19-778408-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social issues & processes, Comparative Politics, Social and ethical issues, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls