The new immigration contestation: : social movements and local immigration policy making in the United States, 2000-2011

• Autores: Justin Peter Steil, Ion Bogdan Vasi
• Localización: American Journal of Sociology, ISSN-e 1537-5390, Vol. 119, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 1104-1155
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Analyzing oppositional social movements in the context of municipal immigration ordinances, the authors examine whether the explanatory power of resource mobilization, political process, and strain theories of social movements� impact on policy outcomes differs when considering proactive as opposed to reactive movements. The adoption of pro-immigrant (proactive) ordinances was facilitated by the presence of immigrant community organizations and of sympathetic local political allies. The adoption of anti-immigrant (reactive) ordinances was influenced by structural social changes, such as rapid increases in the local Latino population, that were framed as threats. The study also finds that pro-immigrant protest events can influence policy in two ways, contributing both to the passage of pro-immigrant ordinances in the locality where protests occur and also inhibiting the passage of anti-immigrant ordinances in neighboring cities.