Religion and the Political Engagement of Latino Immigrants: Bridging Capital or Segmented Religious Assimilation?

Leal, David L.; Patterson, Jerod Thomas; Tafoya, Joe R.

doi:10.7758/rsf.2016.2.3.07

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“…Much in line with past research, we find that there are few consistent trends by levels of devotion, religious tradition, ethno-racial group, or even nativity. While there is a strong tendency to omit non-findings from publications, we wish to be a part of a growing body of researchers who acknowledge the importance of non-findings to the scientific process (Franco et al 2014;Leal et al 2016;Mervis 2014). Instead of negating the importance of religion and religious communities, we believe that our results further extol the need for a re-evaluation by social scientists of the relationship between places of worship and political participation.…”

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“…This connection suggests that churches may facilitate the creation of community and social capital that can positively contribute to political participation but is not necessarily the result of devotion or any specific religious affiliation. Leal et al (2016) ventured a related hypothesis to explain their uneven findings regarding the relationship between church attendance and political participation: such focus masks whether "some immigrants join churches that promote a bridging social capital that promotes greater civic and political engagement, while others become members of isolated congregations and consequently experience a form of segmented religious assimilation" (Leal et al 2016, p. 136). Examinations of the Black church have found that churches "empower their members politically by increasing social capital" (Wald and Calhoun-Brown 2007, p. 288; see also Brown and Brown 2003;Harris 1999).…”

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People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities

Huckle

Silva

2020

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U.S. immigration policy over the last 100 years has changed the onus of political acculturation from public programs to private groups like churches. After this significant policy change, how do religion, social capital, and nativity intersect in the political mobilization of racial minorities? Furthermore, after the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, the country of origin of immigrants shifted from European countries to Latin America and Asia. Scholars have theorized that churches play a pivotal role in the socialization of immigrants by providing a place of belonging and a community willing to teach newcomers about the goings-on of American political society. How have these acculturation policies worked under new immigration populations? Previous scholarly work has connected social capital with churches, though their relationship to political participation has been minimal. We hypothesize that social capital and religious tradition have a multiplicative effect on the participation rates of believers, but that race mitigates that effect. The positioning of racial groups in broader society impacts the significance and role of churches within these communities. We use Collaborative Multiracial Post-Election Survey (CMPS) 2016 data to examine the connection between social capital, religion, and political behavior in a novel attempt to systematically identify the unique role of churches in the mobilization of racial minority communities. We use these results to suggest that the current policies of privatizing political acculturation have had less success with more recent waves of immigrants.

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People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities

Huckle

Silva

2020

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Morales, Harold D.: Latino and Muslim in America: race, religion, and the making of a new minority

Usarski

2019

Int J Lat Am Relig

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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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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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Religion and the Political Engagement of Latino Immigrants: Bridging Capital or Segmented Religious Assimilation?

Cited by 4 publications

References 42 publications

People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities

People of Color, People of Faith: The Effect of Social Capital and Religion on the Political Participation of Marginalized Communities

Morales, Harold D.: Latino and Muslim in America: race, religion, and the making of a new minority

Latino Political Participation by Citizenship Status and Immigrant Generation

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