{"product_id":"divided-by-the-wall-progressive-and-conservative-immigration-politics-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-9780520340367","title":"Divided by the Wall  Progressive and Conservative Immigration Politics at the U.S.Mexico Border","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico borderwhether to build it or nothas become a hot-button issuein contemporary America.A recentimpasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. In the Arizona borderlands, groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing for decadessome help undocumented immigrants bypass governmentaldetection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and the right mobilize without an immediate personal connection to the issue at hand, many doubtingthat their actions can bring about the long-term change they desire. Why, then, do they engage in immigration and border politics so passionately?Divided by the Walloffers a one-of-a-kind comparative study of progressive pro-immigrant activists and their conservative immigration-restrictionist opponents. Using twenty months of ethnographic research with five grassroots organizations,Emine Fidan Elcioglu shows how immigration politics has become a substitute for struggles around class inequality among white Americans. She demonstrates how activists mobilizednot only to change the rules of immigrationbut also to experience a change in themselves. Elcioglu finds that the variation in social class and intersectional identity across the two sides mappedonto disparate concerns about state power. As activists strategizedways to transform the scope of the state's power, they also triedto carve out self-transformative roles for themselves. Provocative and even-handed,Divided by the Wallchallenges our understanding of immigration politics in times of growing inequality and insecurity.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an accessible book for anyone interested in immigration politics and social movements, stratification and identity politics. Elcioglu offers an important contribution to social movements and contentious politics studies by delving into the life stories and understanding both sides of the immigration debate through their own lens.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDivided by the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for scholars of political movements because of its vivid, thoughtful depiction of this phenomenon at the US-Mexico border.\" * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The analytical perspective and remarkable findings of \u003ci\u003eDivided by the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e open a dialogue among political sociologists who study social movements and political mobilization.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Mobilization *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDivided by the Wall \u003c\/i\u003ehas clearly succeeded in provoking important questions and opening new lines of investigation. Elcioglu sets a high standard for comparative ethnography of dueling social movements. The text is accessibly written and would be suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses on social movements, immigration, and ethnography. Students would likely find their engagement with the text to be a highlight of the term.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * International Journal of Comparative Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"An evocative portrait. . . . \u003ci\u003eDivided by the Wall’\u003c\/i\u003es sharp insights into the overlapping rationales of white immigration activists make it an urgent and fresh analysis of a much-examined place.\" * New Mexico Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: State Effects and the Politics\u003cbr\u003e of Immigration in Arizona \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I USING IMMIGRATION POLITICS TO REMAKE ONESELF\u003cbr\u003e 1. Arizona and the Making of an Ambiguous Border \u003cbr\u003e 2. Being Progressive, but Privileged \u003cbr\u003e 3. Being White, but Working Class \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II CONTENDING WITH CHALLENGES FROM THE OTHER SIDE\u003cbr\u003e 4. The “Other” Border Crosser: How Pro-immigrant Activists Grapple with the Topic \u003cbr\u003e of Cartels \u003cbr\u003e 5. “We Work with Border Patrol”: How Restrictionists Struggle with the Topic\u003cbr\u003e of Racism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III PRACTICING SYMBOLIC POLITICS \u003cbr\u003e 6. Weakening the State: The Pro-immigrant Strategy \u003cbr\u003e 7. Strengthening the State: The Restrictionist Strategy \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Going beyond the Wall \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Methods \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Interviewees \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515439964503,"sku":"9780520340367","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/divided-by-the-wall-progressive-and-conservative-immigration-politics-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-9780520340367","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}