Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans

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Prema A. Kurien (, Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University)

Claiming Citizenship

Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans

Prema A. Kurien (, Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University)

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English

Oxford University Press Inc
05 February 2025

Social issues & processes; Ethnic studies; Comparative politics; Public opinion & polls

Series: Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship

Large-scale international immigration has transformed the political contours of Western societies over the last few decades. The political mobilization of ethnic groups has prompted questions about nationhood, citizenship, and secularism, as well as what it means to institutionalize pluralism.

Claiming Citizenship looks at Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans have become a rising political force given that they have not followed the traditional, recommended model of political influence. She examines the dialectical process through which immigrants conform to the structures and cultures of the society to which they have immigrated, but also work to transform their adopted homelands to accommodate their unique needs.

By: Prema A. Kurien ( Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780197784082
ISBN 10: 0197784089
Series: Oxford Studies in Migration and Citizenship
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 05 February 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction: Race, Religion, and the Political Formation of Indian Americans Chapter 1: Race, Transnationalism, and Mobilization: Early Indian Americans Chapter 2: Religion and Transnationalism: The Rise of Intra-Ethnic Divisions Chapter 3: Ethnic versus Pan-Ethnic Activism: Indian versus South Asian Groups Chapter 4: Enacting Cultural Citizenship: Majority versus Minority Religious Status and Contemporary Mobilization around Domestic Issues Chapter 5: Enacting Transnational Citizenship: Majority versus Minority Religious Status and Contemporary Mobilization around India-Centered Issues Chapter 6: Race, Religion, Generation, and Activism around U.S. Partisan Politics Conclusion: Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion and Political Mobilization Appendix A: Indian American Organizations Studied References Endnotes

Dr. Prema Kurien is Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University. She is a scholar of international migration, race, ethnicity, and religion. She adopts a transnational approach in her work and has also done research in India, to show how a variety of global factors, including developments in the country of origin, play a profound role in shaping community structures, cultures, and activism profiles of immigrants and even the second generation. Her work has been recognized with two career awards, three book awards, and three article awards, and she has received postdoctoral fellowships and grants from a wide variety of sources.

Reviews for Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization among New Americans

Prema Kurien has written an enlightening book full of rich material on how Indian and South Asian activists become politically engaged in the United States. Providing careful, insightful, and in-depth analysis, Claiming Citizenship sheds new light on the role of religious, caste, and racial differences as well as transnational connections in immigrant and second-generation political mobilization. * Nancy Foner, author of One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America * At a time when Indian Americans are making an increasing impact in American politics, Prema Kurien has written an impressive book about how the South Asian and Indian US population has developed and expanded its civic participation. As a sociologist of religion, I found the book especially helpful in providing a strong argument about the distinctive ways in which race and religion have shaped this important development in our nation's public life. * Robert Wuthnow, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University *