Between two nations: the political predicament of Latinos in New York City

Abstract

Contents: Introduction:The new Hispanic immigration --Intimate strangers: immigration to Queens --Participation in the American polity: why citizenship matters --Explaining participation: why it takes so long to become a citizen --Resistance from outside: machine politics and the (non)Incorporation of immigrants --Resistance from within: the myth of return and the community of memory --In between identities: race and ethnicity in the American context --The politics of in between: avoiding irreconcilable demands, keeping loyalties --Wanting it both ways: the quest for dual citizenship -- Wanting in: Latin American immigrant women and the turn to electoral politics --Liminality and democratic citizenship.

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