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View article: Inactive and Quiescent? Immigrant Collective Action in Comparative Perspective, 1960 to 1995
Inactive and Quiescent? Immigrant Collective Action in Comparative Perspective, 1960 to 1995 Open
Social movement mobilization by and on behalf of immigrants occurs frequently today, but sociologists have been slow to include immigrant collective action in the canon of social movement or immigration scholarship. Is this because, until …
View article: Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments Open
Like its subject matter, the production of this book has been an eminently collective and participatory process.My debts-personal, intellectual, and professional-are many and deep.These debts begin in UC Berkeley's Sociology department, wh…
View article: Persistent Inequalities in College Completion, 1980–2010
Persistent Inequalities in College Completion, 1980–2010 Open
Fewer than half of America’s college students complete their bachelor’s degrees. To many, cost seems to be the crucial barrier. Sociologists of education have long argued, though, that inequalities start before costs matter. Entrenched “so…
View article: Movement or moment? Lessons from the pro-immigrant movement in the United States and contemporary challenges
Movement or moment? Lessons from the pro-immigrant movement in the United States and contemporary challenges Open
This introduction to the special issue takes stock of the current state of the pro-immigrant movement in the United States. It begins by reflecting back on the massive demonstrations for immigrant rights that swept the U.S. in 2006 and con…