Perceptions of Threat, Demographic Diversity, and the Framing of Illegality: Explaining (Non)Participation in New York’s 2006 Immigrant Protests

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 880-888

  Zepeda Millán, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

illegality; immigrant activism; non participation; racialization; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924311040     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: 1938274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912914536470     Document Type: Article

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