Sanctuary Cities
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-093702-7 (ISBN)
In one of the first comprehensive examinations of sanctuary cities, Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien show that sanctuary policies have no discernible effect on crime rates; rather, anti-sanctuary state laws may undercut communities' trust in law enforcement. Indeed, sanctuary policies do have the potential to better incorporate immigrant populations into the larger city, with both Latino police force representation and Latino voter turnout increasing as a result. Despite this, public opinion on sanctuary cities remains sharply divided and has become intensely partisanized.
Looking at public opinion data, media coverage, and the evolution of sanctuary policies from the 1980s to 2010s, the authors show that conservatives have increasingly drawn on anecdotal evidence to link violent crime to the larger debate about undocumented immigration. This has, in turn, provided them an electoral advantage among conservative voters who often see undocumented immigrants as a threat and has led to a push for anti-sanctuary policies in conservative states that effectively preempt local initiatives aimed at immigrant incorporation. Ultimately, this book finds that sanctuary cities provide important protection for immigrants, helping them to become part of the social and political fabric of the United States, with no empirical support for the negative consequences conservatives and anti-immigrant activists so often claim.
Loren Collingwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of California, Riverside. He is the author of Campaigning in a Racially Diversifying America: When and How Cross-Racial Electoral Mobilization Works, and more than 23 journal articles. His research and teaching interests include American politics, political behavior, immigration, race and ethnic politics, and political methodology. Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. He is the author of Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America, as well as a number of articles on sanctuary policies, intergroup attitudes, and elections. His main research interests include American politics, immigration policy, racial and ethnic politics, and American political development.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Sanctuary City in Historical Perspective
Chapter 2: Media Coverage of Sanctuary Cities 1980-2017
Chapter 3: Understanding Public Opinion on Sanctuary Cities
Chapter 4: Legislative Expression: Sanctuary Policy-making in the U.S. States
Chapter 5: Sanctuary Cities, Crime, and Incorporation
Chapter 6: Sanctuary Cities: Summary, Concluding Thoughts, The Way Forward
Notes
References
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 10.10.2019 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 236 x 157 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-093702-5 / 0190937025 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-093702-7 / 9780190937027 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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