Includes bibliographical references.

How did the irish americans become irish? Gaelic sports and the organization of Irish ethnicity in new york city / Dan Lainer/Vos -- Sanctified mobilization: how political activists manage institutional boundaries in faith/based organizing for immigrant rights / Marion Coddou -- National identity and governmental authority: the intersection of national identity, immigration policy, and the child welfare system in The United States / Joanna Kaftan -- Revisiting mothers' pensions: a critique of a social science classic and a new analysis / Sheera Joy Olasky and David F. Greenberg -- Essential contestants, essential contests / John Markoff -- Elites policy, and social movements / David Pettinicchio -- The militarization theory in Post/Soviet Russia: dispelling the pathological look at political and administrative elites / Victor Violier -- Changing political fortunes: race, class, and "black power" in the rise and fall of a black urban regime in Oakland / Eric S. Brown -- The strength of civil society ties: explaining party change in America's bluest state / Johnnie Lotesta.

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