Introduction: Civic and political inequalities

Civic Hopes and Political Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations, and Political Engagement

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-42

  Karthick Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Bloemraad, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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