– The book’s name is Walter J. Nicholls. “The Immigrant Rights Movement: The Battle over National Citizenship.” Stanford University Press, 2019. – Please answer the following question: 1. What is the main research question advanced by Nicholls? 2. What is his argument? (Hint) How did he see the development of the immigrant rights movement into a national movement and what dilemma does it face? 3. What does he mean by habitus, political field, and nation? How do these concepts provide a framework for understanding his argument? How do they structure the way that activists engage in politics? Why do some activists conform to this political field and why do others get regulated to the margins of mainstream policy debate at the national level? 4. What methodology does he use? 5. What is the author’s intellectual intervention? How is his argument adding knowledge to research on the immigrant rights movement? 6. What is your personal assessment of the book? Do you agree with his analysis? Where could have it been stronger? How do you see those that subscribe to the militant ethos to come out of the Chicano movement confirming to the habitus of the political field discussed by Nicholls? Would you conform to the political field and its habitus? 7. Write 2 discussion questions about the book (it’s okay if you go past the 1 page and add these questions on a second page)

