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Debating Immigration

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ISBN-10: 0521698669

ISBN-13: 9780521698665

Edition: 2007

Authors: Carol M. Swain

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Featuring 18 original essays written by experts and pre-eminent academics, this work explores the nuances of contemporary immigration and citizenship affecting the United States and Europe.
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Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 330
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Carol M. Swain, PhD, is widely recognized as an authority on political science, law, race, and immigration. She has provided expert commentary about some of today's most complex issues, appearing on top nationalnbsp;radio and television programs. Currently professor of both political science and law at Vanderbilt University, she is also a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University, where shenbsp;was a tenured professor.

Introduction
Philosophy and Religion
The disconnect between public attitudes and policy outcomes in immigration
Carved from the inside out: immigration and America's public philosophy on citizenship
A biblical perspective on immigration
The moral dilemma of U.S. immigration policy: open borders vs. social justice?
Law and policy
The undocumented immigrant: contending policy approaches
Good neighbors and good citizens: beyond the legal-illegal immigration debate
Alien rights, citizen rights, recent trends and future prospects
Economics and demographics
The borderline madness: America's counterproductive immigration policy
Immigrant employment gains and native losses 2000-2004
Economics of immigration and the course of the debate since 1994
Immigration and future population change in America
Race
The congressional black caucus and the impact of immigration on African-American unemployment
Will Hispanic and Asian immigrants save America?
Strange bedfellows, unintended consequences and the curious contours of the immigration debate
Cosmopolitanism
Work, welfare, and migration incorporation in Europe and America
The politics of immigration and citizenship in Europe
Concluding observations
Concluding observations