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Disenchanting Citizenship - Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging (Hardcover, New)
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Disenchanting Citizenship - Mexican Migrants and the Boundaries of Belonging (Hardcover, New)
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Central to contemporary debates in the United States on migration
and migrant policy is the idea of citizenship, and this issue
remains a focal point of contention. In Disenchanting Citizenship,
Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two interrelated issues: U.S.
citizenship and the Mexican migrants' position in the United
States. The book explores the meaning of U.S. citizenship through
the experience of a unique group of Mexican migrants who were
granted Temporary Status under the ""legalization"" provisions of
the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful Permanent Residency, and later
became U.S. citizens. Plascencia integrates an extensive and
multifaceted collection of interviews, ethnographic fieldwork,
ethno-historical research, and public policy analysis in examining
efforts that promote the acquisition of citizenship, the teaching
of citizenship classes, and naturalisation ceremonies. He argues
that the acquisition of citizenship can lead to disenchantment with
the very status desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our
understanding of the dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of
membership and belonging. |Central to contemporary debates in the
United States on migration and migrant policy is the idea of
citizenship, and this issue remains a focal point of contention. In
Disenchanting Citizenship, Luis F. B. Plascencia examines two
interrelated issues: U.S. citizenship and the Mexican migrants'
position in the United States. The book explores the meaning of
U.S. citizenship through the experience of a unique group of
Mexican migrants who were granted Temporary Status under the
""legalization"" provisions of the 1986 IRCA, attained Lawful
Permanent Residency, and later became U.S. citizens. Plascencia
integrates an extensive and multifaceted collection of interviews,
ethnographic fieldwork, ethno-historical research, and public
policy analysis in examining efforts that promote the acquisition
of citizenship, the teaching of citizenship classes, and
naturalisation ceremonies. He argues that the acquisition of
citizenship can lead to disenchantment with the very status
desired. In the end, Plascencia expands our understanding of the
dynamics of U.S. citizenship as a form of membership and belonging.
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