GRADUATE SEMINAR: RACE, IMMIGRATION AND URBAN POLITICS
Fall, 2006, Thursday 2-4:50
David Tabb
PLC 927,346-5061
Office hours: Tue.-Thurs. 11:30-12:30 and by appt.
Phone:346-5061
dtabb@uoregon.edu
The seminar focuses on the contemporary dynamics of racial politics, immigration reform, coalition-building and conflict within large American cities. We will attempt to understand the nature of African-American, Latino and Asian-American political incorporation into the dominant governing coalitions. Have the changing demographics and political economies of cities, states, regions and the nation fundamentally reshaped the politics of agenda-setting in urban politics? Is "immigration reform" spawning a new civil rights movement comparable to or totally unlike the movements of the ‘60s? Might we expect public reaction to recent protests to develop into future electoral coalitions? These and other questions will be asked as the discussion leader(s) and the rest of us within the seminar assess the expansive scholarly literature on immigration and political incorporation of big cities like NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Miami, Oakland, etc. It’s going to be fun to think through what’s happening. As usual, "the answer is blowin’ in the wind".
Requirements
Seminar participation. I’ve been teaching long enough to recognize that some find this more "difficult" than others. Quality vs. quantity. 15%
Depending on the number of students in the seminar, each student will be asked to participate twice to lead a discussion on the week’s topic and to develop a 5-7 page discussion paper by the week following the seminar presentation distributed to all members of the seminar. 30%
The discussion leader(s) for the week are asked to prepare at least three discussion questions by Tues. evening prior to the Thurs. class. Each student in the class will be asked to respond at least once to the discussion questions on the Blackboard Discussion Board prior to class. All students need to read the discussion questions and all of the responses prior to class on Thurs. See descriptions of what I’m looking for on the Discussion Board in Blackboard. 15%
Final take-home comprehensive exam or a 20 page research paper. 40%
Readings:
The following required books have been ordered for purchase at the
University of Oregon Bookstore. All other required readings are
available on e-reserve from the Knight Library. For those who are
unfamiliar with the basic literature on urban politics you might want to purchase and/or peruse the basic text I’m using in the undergraduate 410/510 course, Bernard Ross & Myron Levine, URBAN POLITICS, 7th Ed.
1. Browning, Marshall and Tabb, Racial Politics in American Cities, 3rd ed.
2 Foner and Fredrickson, Not Just Black and White
3. Geron, Kim, Latino Political Power
4. Gerstle and Mollenkopf, E Pluribus Unum?
5. Wolbrecht and Hero, eds. The Politics of Democratic Inclusion
Week
Part 1: The Changing Nature of Immigration and Political Incorporation
Sept. 28 Introduction and Overview of Course. Discussion of concept of political incorporation and its historic relationship to immigration
Reading: Whly, Glickman and Lahr, "A Top 10 List of Things to Know About American Cities" http://www.huduser.org/Periodicals/CITYSCPE/VOL3NUM3/article2.pdf BB, ER
Oct. 5 Key Analytic issues in understanding political incorporation
Readings:
Browning, Marshall, and Tabb, Racial Politics in American Cities, Introduction and Chapter 1
Kristi Andersen and Elizabeth F. Cohen, "Political Institutions and the Incorporation of Immigrants," Wolbrecht and Hero, Ch. 9.Michael Jones-Correa, "Bringing Outsiders In: Questions of Immigrant Incorporation", Wobrecht and Hero, Ch. 4.
Jan E. Leighley, "Race, Ethnicity and Electoral Mobilization: Where's the Party?" Wolbrecht and Hero, Ch. 7
Dennis Chong and Reuel Rogers, "Reviving Group Consciousness", Wolbrecht and Hero, Ch. 3
Gary Gerstle and John Mollenkopf, eds., E Pluribus Unum? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigrant Incorporation (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001), pp. 1-30
Supplementary:
Susan Clarke, "Splintering Citizenship and the Prospects for Democratic Inclusion" Wolbrecht and Hero, Ch. 10
James Jennings, ed., Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in Urban America (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994)
James G. Gimpel, Separate Destinations: Migration, Immigration, and the Politics of Place (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1999
Oct. 12 Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Historical Foundations
Readings:
Nancy Foner, The Sting of Prejudice, From Ellis Island to JFK (New Haven and New York: Yale University Press and Russell Sage Foundation, 2000), Chapter 5.ER
Nancy Foner and George Frederickson, "Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in the United States",
Victoria Hattam, "Ethnicity: An American Genealogy"
Steven Cornell and Douglas Hartmann, "Conceptual Confusions and Divides: Race, Ethnicity, and the Study of Immigration,"
John Higham, "The Amplitude of Ethnic History: An American Story"
Joe W. Trotter, "The Great Migration, African Americans and Immigrants in the Industrial City"
Erika Lee, "American Gatekeeping: Race and Immigration Law in the Twentieth Century"
All in Nancy Foner and George Frederickson, eds., Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2003).
Oct. 19 Contemporary Theories of Assimilation
Readings:
Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz, and Josh DeWind, "Introduction to Part II: Immigrant Adaptation, Assimilation, and Incorporation," Hirschman, Kasinitz, and DeWind, eds., The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999), pp. 127-136 ER
Richard Alba and Victor Nee, "Assimilation Theories, Old and New", Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003), Chapter 2, pp. 17-66. ER
Alejandro Portes and Rubén Rumbaut, "Not Everyone is Chosen: Segmented Assimilation and Its Determinants," Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation (Berkeley and New York: University of California Press and Russell Sage Foundation, 2001), Chapter 1-3, pp.1-69. ER
Supplementary:
Herbert Gans, "Second Generation Decline: Scenarios for the Economic and Ethnic Futures of the post-1965 American Immigrants", Ethnic and Racial Studies 15:2 (1992):173-193.
Min Zhou, "Segmented Assimilation: Issues, Controversies, and Recent Research on the Second Generation," in Hirschman, Kasinitz, and DeWind, eds., Handbook of International Migration, pp. 196-211.
Oct. 26 The Politics of Immigration Control
Readings:
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, "Policing Boundaries: Migration, Citizenship, and the State,"
Reed Ueda, "Historical Patterns of Immigrant Status and Incorporation in the United States," and
Desmond King, "Making Americans: Immigration Meets Race," in Gary Gerstle and John Mollenkopf, eds., E Pluribus Unum? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigrant Incorporation (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001), pp. 267-291, 292-330, and 143-174.
David Corn, "Illegal Immigration: A GOP Issue That Works," http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?pid=89300 BB,ER
Cornelius, Wayne, "You Can’t Wall Off Immigrants",
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-cornelius28may28,0,1880242.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions BB,ER
Supplementary:
Yen Le Espiritu and Michael Omi, "‘Who are you calling Asian?’: Shifting Identity Claims, Racial Classification, and the Census," in Paul M. Ong, ed., The State of Asian Pacific America: Transforming Race Relations (Los Angeles: LEAP, Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute, and UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2000), pp. 43-102
Audrey Singer and Greta Gilbertson, "Naturalization in the Wake of Anti-Immigrant Legislation: Dominicans in New York City," (International Migration Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment, February 2000)
Part 2: Political Incorporation, Coalition-Building and Conflict
Nov. 2 Blacks, Coalitions and Incorporation
Readings:
Richard Keiser, "Philadelphia’s Evolving Biracial Coalition, Ch. 3.
Dianne Pinderhughes, "Chicago Politics: Political Incorporation and Restoration",
Ch. 5.
Michael Lee Owens and Michael J. Rich, "Is Strong Incorporation Enough? Black Empowerment and the Fate of Atlanta’s Low-Income Blacks", Ch. 7
Huey Perry, "The Evolution and Impact of Bi-racial Coalitions and Black Mayors in Birmingham and New Orleans", Ch. 8
Marion Orr, "The Struggle for Black Empowerment in Baltimore", Ch. 9
All in Rufus Browning, Dale Rogers Marshall and David Tabb, eds., Racial Politics in American Cities (New York: Longman, 2003)
Supplementary Readings:
TBA
Nov. 9 Latinos, Coalitions and Incorporation
Required Readings:
Kim Geron, Latino Political Power, Ch. 1- 7, 8.
Christopher Warren, " Power Without a Program: Hispanic Incorporation in Miami", Ch. 10 in BMT
Rodney Hero and Susan E. Clarke, "Latinos, Blacks, and Multiethnic Politics in Denver: Realigning Power and Influence in the Struggle for Equality", Ch. 11 in BMT
Supplementary Reading:
Symposium: "Latino Politics in the United States". Political Science and Politics, v.33, no. 3 (September). Pp. 520-567 (select authors) (JSTOR)
Louis DeSipio, "Building America, One Person at a Time: Naturalization and Political Behavior of the Naturalized in Contemporary American Politics",
Philip Gleason, "Sea Change in the Civic Culture in the 1960s,"
Desmond King, "Making Americans: Immigration Meets Race,"
Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, "On the Political Participation of Transnational Migrants: Old Practices and New Trends, and Reed Ueda, "Historical Patterns of Immigrant Status and Incorporation in the United States,"
all in Gary Gerstle and John Mollenkopf, eds., E Pluribus Unum? Contemporary and Historical Perspective on Immigrant Political Incorporation (New York: The Russell Sage Foundation, 2001).
Nov. 16 New York and Los Angeles
Readings:
John Mollenkopf, "New York: Still the Great Anomaly", Ch. 4 in BMT
John Logan and John Mollenkopf, People and Politics in America’s Big Cities,
http://mumford.albany.edu/census/2003newspdf/People%20&%20Politics%20report.pdf
Raphael Sonenshein, "Post-Incorporation Politics in Los Angeles", Ch. 2, BMT
Peter Dreier, The Next Los Angeles, Struggle for a Livable City, 2nd ed., Preface
ER
Raphael Sonenshein, "The Prospects for Multi-Racial Coalitions: Lessons from America’s Big Cities", Ch. 12 in BMT.
Supplementary:
Janelle Wong, Democracy’s Promise
Alex Stepick, et al. This Land is Our Land (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2003).
David Halle, ed., New York and Los Angeles: Politics, Society, and Culture B A Comparative View (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003).
Nov. 30 Asian Americans: Coalitions and Incorporation
Letisa Marquez, "Asian Americans Called the New Sleeping Giant in California Politics" http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/archives/sleepgiantspr.htm BB,ER
Richard E. Deleon, "San Francisco: The Politics of Race, Land Use, and Ideology", Ch. 6 in Browning, Marshall and Tabb
Symposium: "Asian Pacific Americans and Politics". PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 34, No. 3, Sep., 2001, pp 602-644 (select authors) (JSTOR) ER
Chang, Gordon H. 2001. Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects. Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Washington DC, chapter 1, pp 13-38; chapter 15, pp 383-408 ER
Park, Edward J.W. and Park John S. W., 2001. "Korean Americans and the Crisis of the Liberal Coalition: Immigrants and Politics in Los Angeles" in Jones-Correa, Michael. (Ed.) Governing American Cities: Inter-Ethnic Coalitions, Competition, and Conflict New York: Russell Sage Foundation, chapter 3, pp 95-108 ER
Supplementary:
Janelle Wong, Democracy’s Promise, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2006
Dec. 7, Course Wrap-Up
Readings:
Raphael J. Sonenshein, "The Prospects for Multiracial Coalitions: Lessons from
America’s Three Largest Cities, Ch 12, BMT
Browning, Marshall and Tabb, "Has Political Incorporation Been Achieved? Is it Enough?" , Ch. 13 in BMT
Kim Geron, "Latino Politics in the New Millennium", Ch. 9 in Latino Political Power