Debating Immigration - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108454674 ISBN 13: 9781108454674

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Debating Immigration presents twenty-one original and updated essays, written by some of the world's leading experts and pre-eminent scholars that explore the nuances of contemporary immigration in the United States and Europe. This volume is organized around the following themes: economics, demographics and race, law and policy, philosophy and religion, and European politics. Its topics include comprehensive immigration reform, the limits of executive power, illegal immigration, human smuggling, civil rights and employment discrimination, economic growth and unemployment, and social justice and religion. A timely second edition, Debating Immigration is an effort to bring together divergent voices to discuss various aspects of immigration often neglected or buried in discussions.

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About the Author

Carol M. Swain is an award-winning political scientist and member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University, New Jersey. She is the author or editor of seven books. Her highly acclaimed Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (1993) won three national prizes, including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the US on government, politics or international affairs. Dr Swain has been cited by the US Supreme Court and profiled in major publications and documentaries. She regularly makes guest appearances on numerous national and international radio and TV shows. Her opinion pieces have been published in major national and international newspapers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108454674
• ISBN 13: 9781108454674
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 444
• Editor: Swain Carol M.