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Making Immigrant Rights Real Els de Graauw

Making Immigrant Rights Real By Els de Graauw

Making Immigrant Rights Real by Els de Graauw


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Summary

In Making Immigrant Rights Real, Els de Graauw examines how immigrant-serving nonprofits can make impressive policy gains.

Making Immigrant Rights Real Summary

Making Immigrant Rights Real: Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco by Els de Graauw

More than half of the 41 million foreign-born individuals in the United States today are noncitizens, half have difficulty with English, a quarter are undocumented, and many are poor. As a result, most immigrants have few opportunities to make their voices heard in the political process. Nonprofits in many cities have stepped into this gap to promote the integration of disadvantaged immigrants. They have done so despite notable constraints on their political activities, including limits on their lobbying and partisan electioneering, limited organizational resources, and dependence on government funding. Immigrant rights advocates also operate in a national context focused on immigration enforcement rather than immigrant integration. In Making Immigrant Rights Real, Els de Graauw examines how immigrant-serving nonprofits can make impressive policy gains despite these limitations.Drawing on three case studies of immigrant rights policieslanguage access, labor rights, and municipal ID cardsin San Francisco, de Graauw develops a tripartite model of advocacy strategies that nonprofits have used to propose, enact, and implement immigrant-friendly policies: administrative advocacy, cross-sectoral and cross-organizational collaborations, and strategic issue framing. The inventive development and deployment of these strategies enabled immigrant-serving nonprofits in San Francisco to secure some remarkable new immigrant rights victories, and de Graauw explores how other cities can learn from their experiences.

Making Immigrant Rights Real Reviews

This book is a must read for those who are interested in immigrant rights and the process of integration of immigrants into the larger social environment.

* JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WELFARE *

De Graauw weaves a convincing story of collaborative efforts at the local level that provide a reasonably secure safety net for immigrants in the San Francisco metropolitan area.

* ILR Review *

About Els de Graauw

Els de Graauw is Associate Professor of Political Science at Baruch College, the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Local Politics of Immigrant Integration
1. Nonprofit Organizations as Immigrant Rights Advocates
2. Immigrants and Politics in San Francisco
3. Providing Language Access through Nonprofit-Government Collaborations
4. Raising Minimum Wages through Nonprofit-Union Collaborations
5. Strategic Framing and Municipal ID Cards
Conclusion: Making Immigrant Rights Real

Additional information

GOR013599592
9781501700194
1501700197
Making Immigrant Rights Real: Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco by Els de Graauw
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cornell University Press
2016-04-05
248
Winner of Cowinner, Migration & Citizenship Section Book Award (Migration & Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association).
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