The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration: Principles and Challenges in America

Author:   Edward J. Erler ,  John Marini ,  Thomas G. West
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
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9780742558540


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Working with the underlying premise that America's founding principles continue to be vital in the modern era, Erler, Marini, and West take a conservative look at immigration, one of today's most pressing political issues. Character—the capacity to live a life befitting republican citizens—is, as the Founders knew, crucial to the debate about immigration. The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration seeks to revive the issue of republican character in the current immigration debate and to elucidate the constitutional foundations of American citizenship. Published in cooperation with the Claremont Institute.

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Author:   Edward J. Erler ,  John Marini ,  Thomas G. West
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780742558540


ISBN 10:   0742558541
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   23 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Politics and Immigration Chapter 2 American Citizenship and Postmodern Challenges Chapter 3 Immigration: The Founders' View and Today's Challenge Chapter 4 Progressivism, Immigration, and Citizenship

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The economic, social, and cultural concerns about massive illegal immigration from Mexico have long been discussed. But rarely have we examined the massive influx in historical and legal terms of citizenship—how did the founders and their successors deal with problems of being an American, and what are the effects of massive noncompliance with the laws of the United States? Edward J. Erler, John Marini, and Thomas G. West are to be congratulated for their sober exploration of the racial and class considerations that seem to prevent us from enforcing the very laws that we have passed. -- Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution and author of Mexifornia: A State of Becoming


The economic, social, and cultural concerns about massive illegal immigration from Mexico have long been discussed. But rarely have we examined the massive influx in historical and legal terms of citizenship how did the founders and their successors deal with problems of being an American, and what are the effects of massive noncompliance with the laws of the United States? Edward J. Erler, John Marini, and Thomas G. West are to be congratulated for their sober exploration of the racial and class considerations that seem to prevent us from enforcing the very laws that we have passed.--Hanson, Victor Davis


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Edward J. Erler is professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute. John Marini is associate professor of political science at University of Nevada, Reno and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute. Thomas G. West is professor of politics at the University of Dallas and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute.

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