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Social exclusion in America: Informing public policy through the Mexican immigrant experience.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Social exclusion in America: Informing public policy through the Mexican immigrant experience./
作者:	Velazquez Vazquez, Adrian Marcelino.
面頁冊數:	240 p.
附註:	Adviser: Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-11A.
標題:	Hispanic American Studies. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3292207
ISBN:	9780549351054

Social exclusion in America: Informing public policy through the Mexican immigrant experience.
Velazquez Vazquez, Adrian Marcelino.

Social exclusion in America: Informing public policy through the Mexican immigrant experience. - 240 p.

Adviser: Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Dallas, 2007.

Historically, the United States of America has been a common destination for immigrants from every corner of the world. These immigrants most often arrived from diverse countries in Europe and Asia. However, recently, the predominant countries of origin have changed as Latin American countries, especially Mexico, represent the greatest share of immigration to the U.S. The American people, however, have contrasting perspectives that do not always favor immigration, and when it comes to illegal immigration, the issue polarizes society even more. Thus, immigration from Mexico and Latin America currently is a topic of considerable political and social debate, often fueled by distorted public perception about crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, and other offenses committed by immigrants. Less common, although still on occasion, are Mexicans portrayed as hard working, earnest providers for their families who are pursuing the American Dream. Almost never are Americans exposed to the risks and vulnerabilities that Mexicans, including Mexican-Americans, legal Mexican immigrants, and undocumented "aliens," experience. This study explores daily life experiences of a variety of Mexican immigrants living in the United States, in order to better understand the challenges and vulnerabilities they encounter. Instead of focusing on individualized experiences, this work moves towards a structural level of analysis, one that helps understand the institutional and social situations that Mexicans confront in their every day lives and how those very lives are impacted by social exclusion. This research also assesses the validity of certain common claims associated with immigration in order to understand better the vulnerabilities that might deepen social pathologies in American communities. The results presented in this qualitative analysis provide insight into the world of immigration (legal and illegal) that is presently unavailable. The results are used to propose specific policy changes and to inform the current immigration debate and proposed reforms. Policymakers could benefit from a well-developed set of informational resources that could help them make adequate decisions to manage this multidimensional topic.

ISBN: 9780549351054Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017793
Hispanic American Studies.

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