{"product_id":"identities-matter-the-politics-of-immigration-and-incorporation-hardcover","title":"Identities Matter: The Politics of Immigration and Incorporation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Ju\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrandchildren of immigrants belonging to groups that have achieved high socioeconomic status choose which identities to leverage in the host country's political arena. The scholarship about political incorporation often assumes that immigrant groups and their descendants find it in their best interest to pursue mainstream political incorporation. Those immigrants who belong to ethnic minority groups might choose to engage politically in a number of ways, depending on their racial or economic status;\u003cem\u003e Identities Matter: The Politics of Immigration and Incorporation\u003c\/em\u003e looks at how descendants of minoritized groups who have achieved, generally speaking, high socioeconomic status choose to identify politically in their adopted nations. Contrary to many expectations about political and social incorporation of immigrants, it finds that assimilation is not necessarily advantageous for groups who are from or associated with countries that are more economically developed than their host country. When this is the case, these immigrant communities may choose to strategically associate themselves with the heritage country over the one in which they reside. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book draws on original research among third-generation Japanese and Jewish Brazilians to determine the seemingly paradoxical ways in which the descendants of immigrants choose which identities to emphasize in the political arena. It shows that immigrant communities' strategies of political incorporation and social integration are framed within where they fall in existing ethno-racial and socioeconomic hierarchies, and that perceptions of discrimination drive third-generation descendants to vote in line with their ethnic interests. One particularly interesting finding is that in Brazil, a country that suffers from high levels of political corruption, Japanese Brazilian politicians are often incentivized to emphasize their Japanese-ness over their Brazilian-ness to convey to voters that they are more honest as political candidates than their \"more Brazilian\" opponents. Finally, ethnic community-based organizations allow these groups to leverage their identities transnationally.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngela Ju\u003c\/strong\u003e received four Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science, Spanish, Latin American Studies, and European Studies from the University of Washington, Seattle and her MA and PhD. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2015. After completing her PhD, she worked in international development consulting before returning to academia. Since 2019, she has been Assistant Professor of Global Studies \u0026amp; Political Science at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. She uses mixed-methods approaches to study race\/ethnicity, gender, international migration, and social determinants of health in North America, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.46 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48961291026534,"sku":"9780197794982","price":193.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/lVEPv9Upde9780197794982.webp?v=1790585473","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/identities-matter-the-politics-of-immigration-and-incorporation-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}