“It’s Sort of My Calling”: The Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility of Latino Immigrant-Origin Young Adults

Suárez‐Orozco, Carola; Hernández, María G.; Casanova, Saskias

doi:10.1080/15427609.2015.1010350

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“…These results align with earlier findings on Latino political participation and segmented assimilation theory predictions. National‐level results from the 1990s (Portes and Rumbaut, ) and a recent qualitative study of young Latino adults (Suárez‐Orozco, Hernández, and Casanova, ), for instance, find that second‐generation Latinos (as well as third generation in the former study) are less likely to vote and be civically engaged than their first‐generation peers. This second‐generation Latino disadvantage also echoes segmented assimilation theory's generational decline concern that is thought to be driven by low parental resources and racial/ethnic discrimination (Portes and Rumbaut, ).…”

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Latino Political Participation by Citizenship Status and Immigrant Generation

Potochnick

Stegmaier

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective Using the complementary 2012 American National Election Study and 2012 Latino Immigrant National Election Study, we examine Latino political participation by citizenship and immigrant generation status. Methods We use logistic regression to examine three political participation modes—voting, campaign activity, and civic participation—across four Latino subgroups (noncitizens, naturalized citizens, second generation, and third‐plus generation), and non‐Latino whites. We assess whether political participation patterns can be explained by demographics and standard political predictors (i.e., religiosity, partisanship, political efficacy, and social trust) and whether patterns differ for older and younger adults. Results Across all political participation modes, third‐plus‐generation Latinos and non‐Latino whites participate equally. Second‐generation Latinos demonstrate a political participation disadvantage: their political participation is as low as, or lower than, that of noncitizen Latinos—a disadvantage driven mostly by younger Latinos. Conclusion Results suggest diverging patterns of Latino political incorporation, and raise concerns that young second‐generation Latinos may not fully integrate into American political life.

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Latino Political Participation by Citizenship Status and Immigrant Generation

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Stegmaier

2020

Social Science Quarterly

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“…Furthermore, youth who participate in activities related to social causes are more likely to be engaged in such issues as adults (Metz, McLellan, & Youniss, 2003). Civic engagement encompasses many activities, including helping people in the community with translation, taking care of children or the elderly, participating in advocacy, mentoring young people, volunteering at a place of worship, school or community center, or engaging in a social cause (Flanagan & Levine, 2010;Katsiaficas, 2017;Perez, Espinoza, et al, 2010;Su arez-Orozco, Hern andez, et al, 2015). By conceptualizing civic engagement in these ways, we capture aspects of engagement that are commonly available to immigrant-origin youth (Jensen & Flanagan, 2008).…”

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“…Emerging adulthood is a time of significant changes in levels of civic engagement (Malin, Han, & Liauw, 2017). Whereas emerging adulthood is often a time of decreased civic engagement for White and Asian emerging adults in the United States (Malin et al, 2017), significant increases in levels of civic engagement for Black and Latinx youth are often reported (Flanagan & Levine, 2010;Malin et al, 2017;Su arez-Orozco, Hern andez, & Casanova, 2015), including students from undocumented backgrounds (Perez, Espinoza, Ramos, Coronado, & Cort es, 2010). Evidence suggests that social support may promote civic engagement by increasing a connection to an "undocumented" identity (Gonzales, 2016).…”

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The Role of Campus Support, Undocumented Identity, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Civic Engagement for Latinx Undocumented Undergraduates

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This study examined civic engagement in a sample of 790 undocumented Latinx undergraduates (aged 18-30). The relations between social supports (campus safe spaces and peer support) and civic engagement and whether a strong sense of undocumented identity mediated this relation were examined. Competing statistical models examined the role of participants' status (whether or not they received temporary protection from deportation with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [DACA]) in this mediational process. Results revealed that having a strong identification with being undocumented mediated the role of social supports on civic engagement in the overall sample, and that this process was specifically important for those with DACA status. The intersection of policies such as DACA and the lived experiences of Latinx undocumented college students are discussed.

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“…In the context of the naturalization of immigrants, participation has also become intertwined with broader agendas on integration and social cohesion Morales & Giugni 2016), which we return to in Chapter 6. Critical perspectives on such approaches to participation point out that there are certain kinds of -and arenas forcivic participation that are more highly valued than others, thus not creating a level playing field in relation to citizen participation (Suárez-Orozco, Hernández & Casanova 2015). In other words, particular kinds of participation are foregrounded as more valuable than others in the context of naturalization.…”

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Citizenship in the Nordic Countries

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Birkvad²,

Erdal³

2018

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This report reviews the historical development of citizenship law and the current citizenship regime in the five Nordic countries. It also presents statistics on the acquisition and loss of citizenship in each country over the past 10-15 years, provides a comparative analysis of the divergent development of citizenship policies in the Nordic region in the 2000s, and offers some reflections and recommendations on the future of citizenship in the Nordic region. The report was commissioned by The Nordic Council of Ministers and the project has been headed by the Institute for Social Research (ISF), in cooperation with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). We thank The Nordic Council of Ministers for the financial support and the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security for their administrative efforts. We also thank the Swedish Migration Agency, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, the Icelandic Ministry of Justice, the Icelandic Directorate of Immigration and the Finnish Immigration Service for providing statistics on the acquisition and loss of citizenship in the respective countries. Finally, we thank Liza Reisel, research director at ISF, for valuable comments on a previous version of the report, and Jon Haakon Hustad, librarian at ISF, for helpful assistance in conducting the literature review. The report is a joint effort. It was written by the head of the project and senior researcher at ISF, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, in close collaboration with Simon Roland Birkvad at ISF and Marta Bivand Erdal at PRIO. Midtbøen was responsible for writing Chapters 1 and 6, Birkvad for Chapters 4 and 5, and Erdal for Chapter 2 as well as the section on extraterritorial citizenship in Chapter 4. Chapter 3 was written in collaboration between Midtbøen and Birkvad and the concluding chapter in collaboration between Midtbøen and Erdal.

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“It’s Sort of My Calling”: The Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility of Latino Immigrant-Origin Young Adults

Abstract: Swigger, N. (2013). The online citizen: Is social media changing citizens' beliefs about democratic values?

Cited by 69 publications

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Latino Political Participation by Citizenship Status and Immigrant Generation

Latino Political Participation by Citizenship Status and Immigrant Generation

The Role of Campus Support, Undocumented Identity, and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on Civic Engagement for Latinx Undocumented Undergraduates

Citizenship in the Nordic Countries

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