Two Peas in a Pod," "Apples and Oranges," and Other Food Metaphors

Comparing Canada and the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID3759216
AuthorsI Bloemraad (0000-0001-7167-2582, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue9
Pages1131-1159
Publication date2011-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764211407844
OpenAlexW2094066149
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited52

Cross-national comparison increases the complexity of data collection and analysis but offers the promise of innovative new knowledge; it is hard to know what is noteworthy about an outcome or process without a comparative reference point. Juxtaposing Canada and the United States, two countries more similar to each other than to any other, allows researchers to probe how particular variations can produce consequential differences. The article outlines key historic and contemporary similarities and differences that can affect immigrant political incorporation in North America, including different foundational minority conflicts and variations in current migrant flows. The author discusses the importance of specifying outcomes and how these outcomes can be approached from different levels of analysis. Finally, the author identifies several understudied questions, including cross-national variation in local political responses to immigration-significant in the United States, more muted in Canada-and the differential use of law and rights framing to advance immigrant causes

Affect (linguistics) · Framing (construction) · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Variation (astronomy) · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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