Doctoral Dissertation Research: Local Political Context and Immigrant Incorporation Strategies

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校霍华德·维南特和塞缪尔·普里托博士论文研究：地方政治背景和移民合并战略近年来，各州和地方政府开始实施旨在解决联邦移民任务的政策，从试图保护移民到与联邦特工合作。此外，当地法规还影响了移民获得住房、社会服务和S驾照的机会。换句话说，当地的政治环境在塑造移民社区的公民参与方面发挥着重要作用。通过比较加州一个县的两个城市所采取的截然不同的战略，这篇论文提出的问题是：这些不同的当地政治环境如何影响移民融入更广泛的社区的方式？该项目利用50次访谈和广泛的现场观察，评估当地政治环境在多大程度上影响移民参与当地公民生活的战略。这里定义的政治背景包括与选举政治、社区组织的存在和领域、执法做法以及移民自己做出的选择有关的因素。更广泛的影响移民政策是一个相当受公众关注的话题，旨在确保移民成功融入社会和政治的改革努力也是如此。这项研究的发现可能会对社区组织和执法部门感兴趣。调查结果可能允许制定一套最佳实践？地方、州和联邦各级的政策制定者和执法机构感兴趣的。

SES-1203714Howard Winant and Samuel PrietoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraAbstractDoctoral Dissertation Research: Local Political Context and Immigrant Incorporation Strategies In recent years, states and local governments have begun to implement policies designed to address federal immigration mandates, ranging from attempts to shield immigrants to collaboration with federal agents. In addition, local regulations have affected e.g., immigrant access to housing, social services, and driver?s licenses. In other words, the local political context plays a major role in shaping civic participation on the part of immigrant communities. Comparing two cities in one California county that pursue notably different strategies, this dissertation project asks: How do these different local political environments shape the ways in which immigrants are incorporated into the wider community? The project draws on 50 interviews, as well as extensive on-site observation, to assess the degree to which the local political context shape the strategies of immigrants to participate in local civic life. The political context as defined here includes factors related to electoral politics, the presence and field of community organizations, law enforcement practices, and the choices made by immigrants themselves. Broader ImpactsImmigration policy is a topic of considerable public interest, as are reform efforts aimed at ensuring the successful social and political integration of immigrants. Findings from this research may be of interest to community organizations and law enforcement. Findings may permit the formulation of a set of ?best practices? of interest to policy makers and law enforcement agencies at local, state, and federal levels.