From political opportunities to niche-openings: the dilemmas of mobilizing for immigrant rights in inhospitable environments

Theory and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-49

  Nicholls, Walter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DREAM Act; Immigrant rights; Political opportunity structure; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885489158     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-013-9208-x     Document Type: Article

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89. Organizer 1, California Dream Network.
90. Organizer 2, California Dream Network.
91. Organizer 3, California Dream Network.
92. Organizer 4, California Dream Network.
93. Organizer 5, California Dream Network.
94. Organizer 6, California Dream Network.
95. Organizer 7, California Dream Network.
96. Organizer 8, California Dream Network.
97. Organizer 9, California Dream Network.
98. Former Director, California Dream Network/Center for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
99. Director, Central American Resource Center.
100. Organizer 1, Dream Activist.
101. Organizer 1, Dream Team Los Angeles.
102. Organizer 2, Dream Team Los Angeles.
103. Organizer 3, Dream Team Los Angeles.
104. Organizer 4, Dream Team Los Angeles.
105. Organizer 5, Dream Team Los Angeles.
106. Organizer 6, Dream Team Los Angeles.
107. Organizer 7, Dream Team Los Angeles.
108. Organizer 8, Dream Team Los Angeles.
109. Director, Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California (IDEPSCA—Institute of Popular Education of Southern California).
110. Organizer 1, Improving Dream, Equality, Access, and Success, University of California Los Angeles, (DREAMS UCLA).
111. Organizer 2, Improving Dream, Equality, Access, and Success, University of California Los Angeles, (DREAMS UCLA).
112. Organizer 1, Inland Empire Dream Team.
113. Organizer 1, Orange County Dream Team.
114. Organizer 2, Orange County Dream Team.
115. Organizer 1, San Fernando Dream Team.
116. Organizer 1, San Gabriel Valley Dream Team.
117. Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON).
118. Director, Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana/Mexican American Political Association.
119. Director, Southern California Immigrant Rights Coalition (SCIRC).
120. Director, University of Los Angeles California, Labor Center.
121. Project Director, University of Los Angeles California, Labor Center.
122. Former Organizer, United We Dream.