{"product_id":"9781118750667","title":"Cities and Social Movements Immigrant Rights Activism in the US, France, and the Netherlands, 1970-2015","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCities and Social Movements\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eImmigrant Rights Activism in the US, France, and the Netherlands, 1970-2015\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWalter J. Nicholls | Justus Uitermark\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ Urban\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough historical and comparative research on the immigrant rights movements of the United States, France and the Netherlands, \u003ci\u003eCities and Social Movements\u003c\/i\u003e examines how small resistances against restrictive immigration policies do – or don’t – develop into large and sustained mobilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a comprehensive, comparative analysis of immigrant rights politics in three countries over a period of five decades, providing vivid accounts of the processes through which immigrants activists challenged or confirmed the status quo\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheorizes movements from the bottom-up, presenting an urban grassroots account in order to identify how movement networks emerge or fall apart\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a unique contribution by examining how geography is implicated in the evolution of social movements, discovering how and why the networks constituting movements grow by tracing where they develop\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how efforts to enforce national borders trigger countless resistances and shows how some environments provide the relational opportunities to nurture these small resistances into sustained mobilizations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten to appeal to a broad audience of students, scholars, policy makers, and activists, without sacrificing theoretical rigor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Nicholls\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine. His main areas of research have been the role of cities in social movements and immigration. He has published widely in journals \u003ci\u003eincluding Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheory and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning A\u003c\/i\u003e. His study of the undocumented youth movement in the United States was published as \u003ci\u003eThe DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate \u003c\/i\u003e(Stanford University Press). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustus Uitermark\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include Urban Studies and Political Sociology. He has published widely in journals including \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sociological Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Political Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Networks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePLoS ONE\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003eDynamics of Power in Dutch Integration Politics\u003c\/i\u003e was published by University of Amsterdam Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 December 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118750667\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310416654476,"sku":"9781118750667","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118750667.jpg?v=1780193892","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118750667","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}