Ed McCaughan, ed. The articles in this issue attempt to add specificity and nuance to our understanding of the range of social processes implicit in the terms “globalization” and “transnationalism.” Globalization and, to a lesser extent, transnationalism are terms deployed with increasing frequency as shorthand for complex social processes that occur beyond national boundaries. Globalization […]
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Citizenship Surveillance of La Gente: Citizenship Theory, Practice, and Cultural Citizen Voices, Vol. 35: 1, 2008
Melissa Moreno, ed. In this issue of Social Justice, authors call for citizenship inclusion of young Latinas/os in schools and society, since they are a politically underrepresented emerging “majority” in California and other states. How should la gente (the people), Latina/o families and their community allies, contend with the power imbued in citizenship ideologies and […]
Criminal Justice & Globalization at the New Millennium, Vol. 27: 2, 2000
Robert P. Weiss, ed. Edited by Robert P. Weiss, this 300-page special millennium issue of Social Justice highlights the negative impact of neoliberal globalization on criminal justice, including escalating personal and business crime, growing corruption, heightened antiforeign sentiment and scapegoating that comes with labor migration, greater worker insecurity, and the expansion of a marginalized, contingent […]
David Bacon
For an Immigration Policy Based on Human Rights David Bacon builds on his grass-roots immigrant advocacy experience to counter the attack on the rights of undocumented immigrants. The author addresses the thorny issue of financial costs versus contributions made by undocumented immigrants to the system, exposing who pays and who benefits, and the ways in […]
Gaspar Rivera-Salgado
From Hometown Clubs to Transnational Social Movement: The Evolution of Oaxacan Migrant Associations in California This article examines the multiple forms of immigrant-led organizations found among the indigenous Oaxacan diaspora in the state of California. The economic and social impact of the almost 12 million migrants has been such that it has transformed the places […]
Gatekeeper’s State: Immigration and Boundary Policing in an Era of Globalization, Vol. 28: 2, 2001
Jose Palafox, ed. This issue examines US-Mexico border policing in terms of the effects of US immigration and border policy on unauthorized migrants and on the well-being of US citizens. The Southwest border has been the key locus of militarized enforcement in the United States, with the deepest institutional ties between the military and police […]
Gilberto Arriaza
Grace Under Pressure: Immigrant Families and the Nation-State In this article, Arriaza describes the relationship between language, identity formation, and the nation-state. He argues that assimilationist national US policies privileging English and subordinating languages such as Spanish destroy the culture and identity of origin. Keeping one’s language and culture of origin do not contradict the […]
Immigration Rights and National Insecurity, Vol. 33: 1, 2006
Gregory Shank, ed. This issue features essays on the future implications of the great immigration battle of 2006, the deportation phenomenon in Europe and the Caribbean, pro-immigrant social movements, and the relationship of the war on drugs to the control of immigrant communities. Other contributions address current debates on the militarization of the public sphere, […]
Immigration: A Civil Rights Issue for the Americas in the 21st Century, Vol. 23: 3, 1996
Edited by Susanne Jonas and Suzie Dod Thomas Public policy on immigration will be central to determining the form and character of US society in the 21st century. The political Right has so far seized the initiative in defining the parameters of that discussion, in effect limiting national debate to choosing between degrees of restrictionism. […]
J.C. Malone
Riding the Non-Stop Immigration Roller Coaster (A True Story) J. C. Malone offers an experience-based story by a professional journalist and writer who recently emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Michigan. This poignant tale of his job-search odyssey is a testament to the human toll of the process, caused by anti-immigrant sentiments in the receiving […]
John Horton
The Chinese Suburban Immigration and Political Diversity in Monterey Park, California John Horton uses ethnographic interviews, exit polls, and census data to research the ethnic transformation of Monterey Park (a suburb of Los Angeles), occasioned by the influx of Chinese immigrants and the ensuing economic, social, and political transformations as well as dislocation. In spite […]
John Isbister
Are Immigration Controls Ethical? John Isbister challenges Americans to reflect on the ethics involved in immigration issues. “Ethics” is not to be confused with interests. If we look only at interests, some Americans benefit while others can be negatively affected by immigration. Ethics, by contrast, implies a focus on the equal moral worth of all […]
Linda Miller Matthei
Gender and International Labor Migration: A Networks Approach Linda Miller Matthei highlights the increasing importance of women as actors in the migration process. Contrary to long- held assumptions in migration research that males are the primary migrants, she argues that there is substantial(although fragmentary) evidence that both migrant and nonmigrant women are actively involved in […]
Lowell Sachs
Treacherous Waters in Turbulent Times: Navigating the Recent Sea Change in U.S. Immigration Policy and Attitudes Lowell Sachs presents the view from Washington — the political pressures shaping immigration policies and debates in Congress. Now that immigrants are being viewed as a liability, he discusses the effort in Congress to “pull up the welcome mat […]
Maylei Blackwell
Geographies of Difference: Transborder Organizing and Indigenous Women’s Activism Based on a collaborative research relationship with activists of the Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales forged over many years, this essay explores the uneven transnational terrains of power that structure indigenous transborder organizing and the radically uneven geographies of difference that organizers must learn to navigate […]
Michael Welch
The Immigration Crisis: Detention as an Emerging Mechanism of Social Control Michael Welch discusses the immigration crisis viewing detention as a form of social control. Detaining large numbers of undocumented immigrants is a relatively recent development in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) policy. Until the 1980s, only those deemed likely to flee and hide or […]