TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Heath A.
TI  - Immigrants and electoral politics: nonprofit organizing in a time of demographic change 
SN  - 9781501705922
AV  - JV6477 .I465 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Political activity
KW  - United States
KW  - Services for
KW  - Elections
KW  - Nonprofit organizations
KW  - Community organization
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2016; 2; Introduction : political variety and electoral efficacy of immigrant non-profit organizations --; The precarious position of immigrants --; Foundations and funding --; You don't vote, you don't count --; A model of immigrant-serving engagement --; From mission to electoral strategy --; Choosing where to focus --; Conclusion : boldly representing immigrants in tough times; 2; b
N2  - Heath Brown shows why nonprofit electoral participation has emerged in relationship to new threats to immigrants, on one hand, and immigrant integration into U.S. society during a time of demographic change, on the other. Immigrants across the United States tend to register and vote at low rates, thereby limiting the political power of many of their communities. In an attempt to boost electoral participation through mobilization, some nonprofits adopt multifaceted political strategies including registering new voters, holding candidate forums, and phone banking to increase immigrant voter turnout. Other nonprofits opt to barely participate at all in electoral politics, preferring to advance the immigrant community by providing exclusively social services
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