Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Date of Publication:2015Authors: Edited by Josh DeWind, Social Science Research Council and Renata Segura, Social Science Research Council
Reviewed by Thomas Ambrosio, North Dakota State University
Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government: Convergence and Divergence in Making Foreign Policy
Ethnic groups in the United States have long advocated on behalf of their countries of origin and their interests. Our understanding of ethnic group influence on the American foreign policy process, however, remains tentative. Diaspora Lobbies and the US Government,............
View PublicationDate of Publication:2014Authors: Edited by Leonir Mario Chiarello, Scalabrini International Migration Network and Donald Kerwin, Center for Migration Studies
Reviewed by Breana George
International Migration, US Immigration Law and Civil Society: From the Pre-Colonial Era to the 113th Congress
International Migration, US Immigration Law and Civil Society: From the Pre-Colonial Era to the 113th Congress, published by the Scalabrini International Migration Network in collaboration with the Center for Migration Studies of New York, offers an overview of immigration law............
View PublicationDate of Publication:2014Authors: Book by Jeffrey Kahn, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Reviewed by Susan Ginsburg, US Civil Security LLC
Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost: The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists
Since 9/11, migration-related security measures, including a growing reliance on watch-lists, have limited the right to travel. Jeffrey Kahn’s book, Mrs. Shipley’s Ghost: The Right to Travel and Terrorist Watchlists, examines the legal and policy questions raised by prohibitions on............
View PublicationDate of Publication:Winter 2015Authors: Book by Martin Ruhs, University of Oxford
Reviewed by Hania Zlotnik, Wilson Center
The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration
Hania Zlotnik of the Wilson Center reviews The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin Ruhs. Martin Ruhs examinea labor immigration policies in over forty countries, as well as policy drivers in major migrant-receiving and migrant-sending states, finding............
View PublicationDate of Publication:2013Authors: Book by Harel Shapira, University of Texas, Austin
Reviewed by Maryann Bylander, University of London
Waiting for José: The Minutemen’s Pursuit of America
Waiting for José uncovers the practices and motivations of those who form the ranks of the Minutemen—a US anti-immigration movement that has garnered attention over the last decade. Whether readers are sympathetic to or enraged by the Minutemen’s political bravado,............
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