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At no point in the history of US nonproliferation and counterproliferation policy have financial sanctions been so central to US efforts to prevent or rollback the acquisition of nuclear weapons in countries such as North Korea and Iran. Despite this crucial role, financial sanctions have been examined almost solely from the sender's perspective, that is, the country imposing the sanctions. Few focused policy analyses have measured the effects of these instruments from the target's perspective. In the case of North Korea, the use of counterproliferation-focused financial sanctions raise an unwelcome but avoidable puzzle. The US and the international community have been sanctioning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for decades--targeting, in particular, its procurement of dual-use equipment and components--yet its nuclear programs continue to grow. Here, Park examines that puzzle and discusses the diverse effects of counterproliferation sanctions. Adapted from the source document.

The two revolutions -- The kinetic nation -- The Immigration Act of 1965 -- The multiracial state -- Common wealth -- The privileged classes -- Out of status -- Local, state, and federal -- The great divide -- The future of American migrations -- Epilogue

Throughout American history, citizens have encountered people who are ""illegal""--That is, people who have no legal right to be in the United States or to freedom of movement because of their immigration status or race. Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, these citizens face the conflict between sympathy for the unlawful other and the force of the law. In Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem, John Park explores problems of status and illegality in American law and society by examining on-going themes in Am

Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of leading cases in American constitutional law regarding Asians would suggest that initially, Asian immigrants tended to evade exclusionary laws through deliberate misrepresentations of their identities or through extralegal means. Eventually, many of these immigrants and their descendants came to accept prevailing legal norms governing their citizenship in the United States. In many cases, this involved embracing notions of white supremacy. John S. W. Park argues that American rules governing citizenship and belonging remain fundamentally unjust, even though they suggest the triumph of a "civil rights" vision, where all citizens share the same basic rights. By continuing to privilege members over non-members in ways that are politically popular, these rules mask injustices that violate principles of fairness. Importantly, Elusive Citizenship also suggests that politically and socially, full membership in American society remains closely linked with participation in exclusionary practices that isolate racial minorities in America

With this volume, The University of California Center for New Racial Studies inaugurates a new book series with Routledge. Focusing on the shifting and contradictory meaning of race, The Nation and Its Peoples underscores the persistence of structural discrimination, and the ways in which "race" has formally disappeared in the law and yet remains one of the most powerful, underlying, unacknowledged, and often unspoken aspects of debates about citizenship, about membership and national belonging, within immigration politics and policy.

Probationary Americans examines contemporary immigration rules and how they affect the make-up of immigrant communities. The authors' key argument is that immigration policies place race and class as important criteria for gaining entry to the United States, and in doing so, alter the makeup of America's immigrant communities.

A case study of the political participation of Korean Americans in Los Angeles explores how new multiracial complexities challenge the liberal coalition model. It is argued that liberal assumptions of race, power, & coalition building are based on realities of another generation that are no longer relevant. The diverse interests of Korean Americans are examined, noting that some are in direct opposition to those of African Americans, who have traditionally been the most important partners in urban liberal coalitions. In addition, the wide range of class backgrounds & political perspectives among Korean immigrants prevents them from fitting into any existing political coalition. An overview of the post-1965 history of Korean immigration highlights the impact of the 1992 civil unrest in which a great many Korean-owned stores were destroyed. The crisis sharpened political divisions & changed the nature of Korean political participation. Although many Korean Americans backed liberal multiracial coalitions, others, especially entrepreneurs, joined forces with political conservatives. Prospects for the future are discussed. 63 References. J. Lindroth