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RECENT POLITY TITLES AVAILABLE AT A SPECIAL 20% DISCOUNT. This issue’s theme: Immigration.

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Contradictions of the Liberal State
James Hampshire

"A compelling and original contribution to our understanding of the factors shaping immigration policy."
Christina Boswell, University of Edinburgh

"The best book on the politics of migration in decades—deserves to become the standard work."
Randall Hansen, University of Toronto

"A persuasive argument about the 'contradictions of the liberal state' as it meets the fact of immigration. Highly recommended."
Christian Joppke, University of Bern

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Stephanie A. Bohon and Meghan E. Conley

“An important book articulating the impact of immigration on the U.S. economy, social institutions, and the country's demographic future.”
Gordon De Jong, Penn State University

“A must-read for anyone seeking to understand contemporary debates about U.S. immigration.”
Katharine M. Donato, Vanderbilt University

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Carl L. Bankston

“A go-to volume on immigrant social networks covering both migration itself and adaptation in the destination country.”
Susan K. Brown, University of California, Irvine

“A clear and compelling view of how social capital and immigrant networks operate—and how they relate to pre- and post-migration conditions.”
Audrey Singer, Brookings Institution

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Nazli Kibria, Cara Bowman and Megan O’Leary

“A readable, intelligent overview of dynamic trends that are reshaping our society.  The book tackles two of the most important issues facing American society and demonstrates how we cannot understand one without the other.”
Mary C. Waters, Harvard University

“This highly readable book makes clear that racial inequalities and boundaries are central to our understanding of immigration in the United States."
Nancy Foner, Hunter College, CUNY

"This serious examination of the relationship between immigration, race, and ethnicity is a welcome respite from the din of the acrimonious public debate on the costs and benefits of contemporary immigration."
Yen Le Espiritu, University of California, San Diego

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Peter Kivisto

"Thorough and thought-provoking—a great synthesis of past thinking and a smart roadmap for important directions as we move forward."
Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College and Harvard University

"An up-to-date, jargon-free and level-headed overview of key changes in today’s society.”
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Offers sobering analysis grounded in solid research on an often impassioned, and ill-informed, debate."
Survival

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Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera and Kimberly Goyette

“A solid compendium of evidence that we so desperately need—sketching out the risks that the children of immigrants face in the American educational systemand the remarkable resilience they demonstrate chasing the American Dream.”
Robert Crosnoe, University of Texas at Austin

“Insightful and gracefully written: Kao, Vaquera, and Goyette show there is no single story of immigration and education.”
Vivian Shuh Ming Louie, Harvard University

“America is both an immigrant society and an education society. This important book intertwines these two important themes and brings together the latest scholarship on the topic.”
Yu Xie, University of Michigan

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