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2012. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Pratheepan Gulasekaram.
“The Importance of the Political in Immigration Federalism” Arizona State Law Journal 44: 1431-1488.
This article offers empirical evidence and advances a theoretical argument about the importance of political dynamics (rather than demographic pressures) in the proliferation of state and local efforts on immigration control.
Article in Arizona State Law Journal
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2011. Wong, Janelle, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Taeku Lee, and Jane Junn.
Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Chapter 1 (Intro) that lays out the chapters and the theoretical argument
Link to Russell Sage publications page
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2011. Junn, Jane, Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Janelle Wong.
“Asian American Public Opinion.”
In Robert Shapiro and Lawrence Jacobs, eds., The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media, pp. 520-534.
Chapter on Asian American Public Opinion
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2010. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Tak Wong.
“Partisanship, Not Spanish: Explaining Municipal Ordinances Affecting Undocumented Immigrants,”
In Monica Varsanyi, ed. Taking Local Control: Immigration Policy Activism in U.S. Cities and States. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.
Chapter that examines the growth of local ordinances on immigration. Partisan composition of the electorate plays a more important and consistent role than demographic change in predicting these ordinances.
Chapter (pdf) in Taking Local Control (book link) Errata: Table 4.1
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2010. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Celia Viramontes.
"Civic Spaces: Mexican Hometown Associations and Immigrant Participation"
Journal of Social Inquiry 66:1, 155-173.
This article notes that the dual marginalization of Mexican hometown associations (HTAs) has some counterintuitive advantages, namely the creation of safe spaces where undocumented immigrants, recent immigrants, and those with limited English proficiency can get involved in civic and political activities..
Article in Journal of Social Inquiry
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2009. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, Janelle Wong, Taeku Lee, and Jane Junn.
“Race-Based Considerations and the Obama Vote: Evidence from the 2008 National Asian American Survey"
DuBois Review 6:1, 219-238.
Our first publication from the 2008 National Asian American Survey. Article shows that race-based considerations did matter for the Asian American vote, but that the effects were very small when compared to other factors like partisanship and issue preferences.
Article in DuBois Review
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2008. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Irene Bloemraad, eds.
Civic Hopes and Political Realities: Immigrants, Community Organizations, and Political Engagement (Russell Sage Foundation).
Chapter 1 (Intro) that lays out the chapters and the theoretical argument
Link to Russell Sage publications page
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Inland Gaps: Civic Inequalities in a High Growth Region
Disparities in civic and political engagement in the Inland Empire region (funded by the James Irvine Foundation). The results from the survey can be found here. Report from PolicyMatters.
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2007. Lewis, Paul, and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan. "Police Practices in Immigrant-Destination Cities: Political Control or Bureaucratic Professionalism?" Urban Affairs Review 42:6, 874-900.
The gist of the article: Police departments are actually more involved and engaged with immigrant communities than many city councils. Survey and case study evidence from California.
Article in Urban Affairs Review
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2006. Lee, Taeku, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramirez, eds. Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States (University of Virginia Press).
Now in Paperback
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2006. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Celia Viramontes. Civic Inequalities: Immigrant Volunteerism and Community Organizations in California.
PPIC Report
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2005. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick. Democracy in Immigrant America (Stanford University Press).
Amazon Page Supplemental Tables
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2005. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Paul Lewis. Immigrants and Local Governance: The View From City Hall.
PPIC Report
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2005. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Hans Johnson. Second-Generation Immigrants in California.
PPIC Report
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2004. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick. "Children of Mixed Nativity: Accounting for the '2.5 Generation'," Social Science Quarterly 85:2, 380-399.
Article in Social Science Quarterly
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2004. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick, and Mark Baldassare. The Ties That Bind: Changing Demographics and Civic Engagement in California.
PPIC Report
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2001. Ramakrishnan, S. Karthick and Thomas J. Espenshade. “Immigrant Incorporation and Political Participation in the United States,” International Migration Review 35:3, 870-909.
Article in International Migration Review
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2001. Lien, Pei-te, Christian Collet, Janelle Wong and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan. “Asian Pacific American Public Opinion and Political Participation,” PS: Political Science and Politics 34: 3, 625-630.
Article in PS: Political Science and Politics