Mobilizing Public Sociology, coedited by Victoria Carty and Rafael Luevano, combines theory and scholarly perspectives with a grassroots approach to challenges that Latin immigrants face in the United States. Public sociology calls for scholars and community activists and practitioners to engage in dialogue and to work together in the struggle for social justice. The contributors to this collection - scholars, immigrants, practitioners, and community activists - share their scholarly perspectives and personal experiences on a wide range of issues related to immigration.
Mobilizing Public Sociology, coedited by Victoria Carty and Rafael Luevano, combines theory and scholarly perspectives with a grassroots approach to challenges that Latin immigrants face in the United States. Public sociology calls for scholars and community activists and practitioners to engage in dialogue and to work together in the struggle for social justice. The contributors to this collection - scholars, immigrants, practitioners, and community activists - share their scholarly perspectives and personal experiences on a wide range of issues related to immigration.
Preface
Jerry Price
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Introduction
Victoria Carty with Daniele Struppa, Jerry Price, and Bishop
Kevin
William Vann
Part 1: Immigrant Oppression and Resistance Movements
1 Collaboration between Federal, State, and Local Law
Enforcement: Gang Injunctions, Gang Databases, and Immigration
Consequences
Amelia Alvarez and Fawn Bekam
2 Gentrification, Gang Injunctions, and the Impact on
Latin@ Communities in Southern California
Madeleine Spencer and Victoria Carty
3 The Politics of Immigration and a Catholic
Counternarrative: A Perspective from the United States
Kristin E. Heyer
4 Embracing the “Other”: Dreamers Navigating Higher
Education
Harriett D. Romo and Raquel R. Marquez
Part 2: Immigrants and Community Narratives
5 Latin@ Immigrant Youth in the Age of Mixed Messages: A
Perspective on Deferred Action and Unaccompanied
Minors
Lisa D. Ramirez
6 America’s Love/Hate Relationship with Immigrants and OC
Human Relations’ Voice for Understanding
Rusty Kennedy
7 Public Sociology in Action: The Struggle to Assist
Undocumented Latin@ Youth
Eileen McNerney, CSJ
8 Revolution of the Heart: Assisting Migrants in Their
Quest for Dignity
Patrick Murphy, CS
9 A Life’s Pursuit: The Journey to Higher Education of an
Undocumented Student
Oliver Lopez
10 At the Partnership Table: Bridging Academia and
Community through Horizontal Dialoguing
Suzanne SooHoo and Patricia Huerta
Conclusion: The Public Sociology Migrant
Narrative
Rafael Luévano
Index
Victoria Carty, Ph.D. (1999), is an activist scholar and
associate professor of sociology at Chapman University. She is the
author of Social Movements and New Technology (Westview Press,
2015).
(Orbis Books, 2012).
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