The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities
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"Clark's timely look at California's recent experience with foreign influx clarifies the futures and challenges many communities face in this new demographic era. The local costs and the political tensions aroused can strain a community's social fabric even as the human energy, ambition, and dreams of these determined newcomers enrich the nation they would join. This book offers a wealth of new insight into the local complexities of immigration--and its enduring future promise for the 21st-century United States." --Peter A. Morrison, PhD, Demographer, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
"In a policy domain where experts behave as advocates and advocates as experts, William Clark refuses to engage in such cross-dressing. Finally, we have a thoughtful expert who rejects the hysteria of restrictionists but who also faces up to the real strains today's immigrants put on the social fabric. Clark offers a thoroughly fresh perspective. Defying the usual categories, he argues for both a more skills-based immigration policy and for more government resources to help low-skilled immigrants already here." --Peter Skerry, PhD, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution; Department of Political Science, Claremont-McKenna College, Claremont, CA
"This book presents a careful and impartial assessment of the long-term social impact of immigration on the state. Professor Clark's analyses of a range of demographic, economic, and educational trends demonstrate that Californians are becoming increasingly divided....Although Californians will find many of Clark's results disturbing, the evidence is so generally consistent that the major trends cannot be denied. All people who love California and are concerned about its future should be aware of the findings presented in this book." --James P. Allen, Professor of Geography, California State University, Northridge
"California has recently become America's most intensely immigrant state. To understand how and why, and what difference this makes, this book is the place to go. Clark covers the entire spectrum--from economics to geography, education to politics--drawing on a wealth of information to detail the shape of immigrant California. This lucid, deeply informed account avoids partisanship without ever skirting the tough issues. A 'must read' for any serious student of immigration." --Roger Waldinger, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
The California Cauldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities,William A. V. Clark,The Guilford Press,1572304030,California,Community life,Cultural assimilation,Emigration & Immigration,Ethnic Studies - General,Ethnic relations,Immigrants,Migration (Social Aspects),Minority Studies - Ethnic American,Public Policy - General,Race And Ethnic Relations,Social Science,Social conditions,Sociology,20th century,Civil rights & citizenship,Human geography,Immigration & emigration,Political Science / Public Policy,USA
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