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"A Nation of Immigrants: Ethnic Identity and Political Incorporation"
A Two-day Conference

Friday, May 2 - Saturday, May 3, 2003

UC Berkeley International House
Ida & Robert Sproul Rooms
2299 Piedmont Avenue & Bancroft Way

Sponsored by
UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies
with generous support from the
UC Berkeley Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Directions to the International House are available here.
The program, including abstracts, is available as a Word document.
The program, including bios, is also available in PDF format for double-sided printing.
The abstracts are also available on a separate web page here.

Article on the Conference from the Contra Costa Times.

PROGRAM:

DAY ONE: Friday, May 2, 2003

9 - 9:15 am Welcome & Opening
   
9:15 – 10 am Keynote speaker: Kenneth Prewitt
"New Americans and the Diversity Initiative"
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, Columbia University
   
10 - 10:15 am Break
   
10:15 am –
11:45 am		 Panel I: Citizenship

Lisa Garcia Bedolla (UC Irvine)
“Democracy, Power and Consent: Immigrants, Citizenship and Political Engagement in the United States”
Abstract

Bruce E. Cain & Brendan Doherty (UC Berkeley)
“The Impact of Dual Citizenship on Political Participation”
Abstract

Cara Wong (University of Michigan)
“Citizenship for Service: Substitution, Commutation, and 'Green Card Troops'”
Abstract

Discussant: Michael Omi (UC Berkeley)
Chair: Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley)
   
11:45 am -
1 pm

Hosted Lunch
   
1- 2:30 pm Panel II: Political Assimilation

John Mollenkopf (CUNY)
“Political Cynicism in the Immigrant Second Generation”
Abstract

Kathryn Pearson & Jack Citrin (UC Berkeley)
“Assimilation of the Fourth Wave: Identity, Attitudes, and Participation”
Abstract
Karthick Ramakrishnan (Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California)
"Race, Immigrant Incorporation and Civic Voluntarism in the United States”
Abstract

Discussant: Harry Pachon (Claremont Graduate School)
Chair: Ricardo Ramirez (University of Southern California/Public Policy Institute of California)
   
2:30 - 2:45 pm Break
   
2:45 - 4:15 pm Panel III: Representation and Transnationalism

Louis Desipio (UC Irvine)
“Transnational Politics and U.S. Citizenship: Do Home Country Political Ties Limit Latino Immigrant Pursuit of U.S. Civic Engagement and Citizenship?”
Abstract

Amaney A. Jamal (Columbia University)
“Associative and Communitarian Models of Political Participation: Arab Americans and Mosque Participation”
Abstract

Leland Saito (University of Southern California)
“The Politics of Race and Redistricting in California, 2000-2002”
Abstract

Discussant: Rodney Hero (University of Notre Dame)
Chair: Jack Citrin (UC Berkeley)
   
6 - 8 pm Hosted Dinner
Mandarin Garden Restaurant
(2025 Shattuck & University Avenues,
Downtown Berkeley; 510/848-4849)

 

DAY TWO: Saturday, May 3, 2003
9 - 10:30 am Panel IV: Participation & Partisanship

Zoltan Hajnal (UC San Diego) and Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley)
“Beyond the Middle: Latinos and the Multiple Dimensions of Political Independents”
Abstract

Ricardo Ramirez (University of Southern California/Public Policy Institute of California)
“Where No Party Has Gone Before...Non-Partisan Latino Voter Mobilization and Issues of Contactability”
Abstract

Carolyn Wong (Stanford University)
“Ethnic Barriers to Building Panethnic Coalitions”
Abstract

Janelle Wong (University of Southern California)
“Political Mobilization Among Asian Pacific Americans: The Role of Political Contact”
Abstract

Discussant: Pei-te Lien (University of Utah), and Claudine Gay (Stanford University)
Chair: Bruce Cain (UC Berkeley)
   
10:30 -
10:45 am		 Break
   
10:45 am -
12:15 pm		 Panel V: Ethnic Consciousness and Mobilization

Jane Junn (Rutgers University)
“Mobilizing Group Consciousness: Some Circumstances Under Which Ethnicity has Political Consequences”
Abstract

Carole J. Uhlaner (UC Irvine)
“The Roots and Consequences of Subjective Political Representation Among Latinos”
Abstract

Dennis Chong (Northwestern University) & Reuel R. Rogers (Northwestern University)
“Reviving Group Consciousness”
Abstract

Discussant: David O. Sears (UCLA)
Chair: Karthick Ramakrishnan (Public Policy Institute of California)
   
12:15 - 1:15 pm Hosted Lunch
   
1:15 - 3:45 pm Roundtable Discussion on Future Directions and Closing Remarks
   
3:45 - 4:30 pm Closing Reception


This conference is open to the public, free and requires no advance registration. The conference organizers are Bruce E. Cain, Jack Citrin, Taeku Lee, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramirez. For more information, contact Marc A. Levin.