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The Republican Party and Immigration Politics

From Proposition 187 to George W. Bush

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  • © 2008

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  1. Andrew Wroe
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Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)

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This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 1-10

  3. Learning from History

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 11-25

  4. The Early Politicization of the Illegal-Immigration Issue

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 27-52

  5. The Increasing Salience of Illegal Immigration and the Qualification of Proposition 187

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 53-70

  6. The Campaign

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 71-94

  7. The Judicial Death of Proposition 187

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 95-115

  8. The Legislative Revival of Proposition 187

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 117-150

  9. Immigration Politics at Century’s End

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 151-180

  10. Immigration Politics in a New Century

    • Andrew Wroe
    Pages 181-217

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 219-294
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Andrew Wroe is Lecturer in Politics, University of Kent.

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