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This paper seeks to explore the relationship between immigrant incorporation regimes and noncitizen political engagement through a review of the most significant research advances in this area. Rather than make definitive conclusions, this paper is meant to serve as a roadmap for more detailed investigations in the future. The first two sections identify and analyze the various components of immigrant incorporation regimes in advanced industrial democracies and the modes of noncitizen political engagement that have emerged over the past two decades. I then provide an overview of the present state of comparative scholarship on noncitizen political engagement, highlight key arguments and disagreements, and finally, offer some suggestions for further research. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper offers reasons in favor of more closely integrating normative political theory and qualitative field work. First, the use of qualitative data and participant observation can give insight into the actual moral arguments and moral motivations of those who are "living" some answer to a significant question in political theory. Second, it can greatly improve the theorist's understanding of related empirical issues-especially important if the theory argument has or could have specific policy implications. Third, and possibly the most important, qualitative data, in particular narrative illustrations of principles from the lived experiences of actual persons, can provide for a more compelling and ultimately much more persuasive argument. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract for Int’l Studies Assoc Conference, 2009: Global Study of Citizen TrustDavid H. KamensConnie McNeelydkamens@verizon.netclm@gmu.eduGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityCitizens’ trust of others has become problemat ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]