Divided or convergent loyalties?: The political incorporation process of Latin American immigrants in the United States

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-136

  Portes, Alejandro ^a   Escobar, Cristina ^a   Arana, Renelinda ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Latin America; Transnational organizations

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; POLITICAL INTEGRATION;

LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63049098545     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715208101595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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