{"product_id":"immigrant-agency-hmong-american-movements-and-the-politics-of-racialized-incorporation-9781978824041","title":"Immigrant Agency: Hmong American Movements and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a sociological analysis of Hmong former refugees’ grassroots movements in the United States between the 1990s and 2000s, \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Agency\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Hmong, despite being one of America’s most economically impoverished ethnic groups, were able to make sustained claims on and have their interests represented in public policies. The author, Yang Sao Xiong argues that the key to understanding how immigrants incorporate themselves politically is to understand how they mobilize collective action and make choices in circumstances far from racially neutral. Immigrant groups, in response to political threats or opportunities or both, mobilize collective action and make strategic choices about how to position themselves vis-à-vis other minority groups, how to construct group identities, and how to deploy various tactics in order to engage with the U.S. political system and influence policy. In response to immigrants’ collective claims, the racial state engages in racialization which undermines immigrants’ political standing and perpetuates their marginalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eImmigrant Agency\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights about the Hmong American experience and puts race at the center of its analysis to understand the complex ways in which the state constrains political incorporation and how refugees themselves have engaged in political action to shape public policy. Xiong's well-crafted and informative book changes the way in which we understand refugee populations and their political incorporation in the U.S.\" -- Dina Okamoto * author of Redefining Race: Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Agency\u003c\/i\u003e, Xiong offers a thoughtful and rigorous analysis of immigrant collective action and political incorporation through the case of Hmong Americans. He sheds light on how a vulnerable group of refugees from Laos, in response to political threats or opportunities, strategically interacts with the state and other minority groups to effectively influence public policies. This is an important contribution to the fields of migration studies, ethnic politics and Asian American studies.\" -- Min Zhou * Distinguished Professor of Sociology \u0026amp; Asian American Studies, UCLA *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eImmigrant Agency\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insights about the Hmong American experience and puts race at the center of its analysis to understand the complex ways in which the state constrains political incorporation and how refugees themselves have engaged in political action to shape public policy. Xiong's well-crafted and informative book changes the way in which we understand refugee populations and their political incorporation in the U.S.\" -- Dina Okamoto * author of Redefining Race: Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Agency\u003c\/i\u003e, Xiong offers a thoughtful and rigorous analysis of immigrant collective action and political incorporation through the case of Hmong Americans. He sheds light on how a vulnerable group of refugees from Laos, in response to political threats or opportunities, strategically interacts with the state and other minority groups to effectively influence public policies. This is an important contribution to the fields of migration studies, ethnic politics and Asian American studies.\" -- Min Zhou * Distinguished Professor of Sociology \u0026amp; Asian American Studies, UCLA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003eList of Maps\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e1 Immigrant Agency\u003cbr\u003e2 History and Contexts of Exit\u003cbr\u003e3 Campaign for Justice\u003cbr\u003e4 Battle for Naturalization\u003cbr\u003e5 Movement for Inclusion\u003cbr\u003e6 Racialized Political Incorporation and Immigrant Rights\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415254016343,"sku":"9781978824041","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978824041.jpg?v=1730526399","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/immigrant-agency-hmong-american-movements-and-the-politics-of-racialized-incorporation-9781978824041","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}