Front cover image for Scholars and Southern Californian immigrants in dialogue : new conversations in public sociology

Scholars and Southern Californian immigrants in dialogue : new conversations in public sociology

Print Book, English, 2014
Lexington Books, Lanham, 2014
xxii, 164 pages ; 24 cm
9780739176177, 073917617X
866614921
Part 1: Contextualizing the Immigration Debate through Public Sociology Chapter 1: Immigration on the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Role of Neoliberalism and U.S. Foreign Policy Chapter 2: “Here I Am Naked”: The Vulnerability of Day Laborers in the BorderlandsChapter 3: The Effects of Media Framing on Attitudes toward Undocumented ImmigrationChapter 4: Vying for Conservative Hearts and Minds: Changes in Media Frames on Immigration since 2000Chapter 5: Racialized “Illegality”: The Convergence of Race and Legal Status among Black, Latino/a, and Asian American Undocumented Young AdultsPart 2: A Grassroots Perspective on Immigration Issues through Personal Narratives Chapter 6: Self-Empowerment through Grassroots EffortsChapter 7: Santa Ana, California: A Geography of Compassion through Community Reflection and ActionChapter 8: A View from the Church BellsChapter 9: Newfound Evangelical Support for ImmigrationChapter 10: Bridging Academia with Community