Politics In The Lifeboat: Immigrants And The American Democratic Order

by John C. Harles

Overview

As an ethnically heterogeneous but stable democracy, the United States is a puzzle for students of politics. Typically, the literature of democratic theory regards ethnic diversity as disruptive of a democratic polity. However, the United States has so far avoided the system-threatening consequences of heterogeneity experienced by other democratic

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367299156
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John C. Harles is associate professor of political science at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Ethnic Heterogeneity and Stable Democracy — Immigrants, Consensus, and America — The Counterthesis: Immigrants Enhance the Political Stability of the United States — The Politics of Laotian Immigrants — Conclusion — Biographical Schedule — Construction of the Research Project