Thomas J. Vicino is assistant professor of political science and a member of the core faculty in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.

This book expands knowledge of immigration policy at the local level. Studying campaigns to pass Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinances (IIROs) in Carpentersville, Illinois; Farmers Branch, Texas; and Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Vicino finds that substantial demographic change and suburban decline are features common to all three. Useful brief histories are given for each city, although that section would have been enhanced with detailed maps. Vicino then uses frame analysis to assess the arguments for and against the IIROs. Vicino uses policy analysis literature to identify three overlapping processes (or "streams"): problem, solution, and politics. Vicino does a nice job of describing how immigration and immigrants came to be perceived as a problem in each city. This book can be useful for students of urban politics or immigration. The book's local focus highlights the concrete ways that immigration affects everyday lives, and the extensive quotes from the participants is likely to make this engaging to students. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Suburban Crossroads? Chapter 2: The Multiethnic Metropolis and Its DiscontentsChapter 3: Setting the Stage: Local Histories and Contemporary PortraitsChapter 4: Inklings of Public ProblemsChapter 5: The Politics of ReliefChapter 6: Public Policy and Planning for the Multiethnic MetropolisChapter 7: Conclusion: The Fight Endures

Thomas J. Vicino is assistant professor of political science and a member of the core faculty in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University.

This book expands knowledge of immigration policy at the local level. Studying campaigns to pass Illegal Immigration Relief Ordinances (IIROs) in Carpentersville, Illinois; Farmers Branch, Texas; and Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Vicino finds that substantial demographic change and suburban decline are features common to all three. Useful brief histories are given for each city, although that section would have been enhanced with detailed maps. Vicino then uses frame analysis to assess the arguments for and against the IIROs. Vicino uses policy analysis literature to identify three overlapping processes (or "streams"): problem, solution, and politics. Vicino does a nice job of describing how immigration and immigrants came to be perceived as a problem in each city. This book can be useful for students of urban politics or immigration. The book's local focus highlights the concrete ways that immigration affects everyday lives, and the extensive quotes from the participants is likely to make this engaging to students. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Suburban Crossroads? Chapter 2: The Multiethnic Metropolis and Its DiscontentsChapter 3: Setting the Stage: Local Histories and Contemporary PortraitsChapter 4: Inklings of Public ProblemsChapter 5: The Politics of ReliefChapter 6: Public Policy and Planning for the Multiethnic MetropolisChapter 7: Conclusion: The Fight Endures