Latino Politics
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2014
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2nd Edition
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-6499-6 (ISBN)
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* Widely acknowledged as the best introduction to Latino politics on the market both in terms of its coverage and intellectual quality * Follows the political development of six key Latino groups, tracing their collective mobilization and political activity, and exploring the varied ways they have engaged in the U.S.
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this popular text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Latino participation in US politics. Focusing on six Latino groups - Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans - the book explores the migration history of each group and shows how that experience has been affected by US foreign policy and economic interests in each country of origin. The political status of Latinos on arrival in the United States, including their civil rights, employment opportunities, and political incorporation, is then examined. Finally, the analysis follows each group s history of collective mobilization and political activity, drawing out the varied ways they have engaged in the US political system. Using the tension between individual agency and structural constraints as its central organizing theme, the discussion situates Latino migrants, and their children, within larger macro economic and geo-political structures that influence their decisions to migrate and their ability to adapt socially, economically, and politically to their new country.
It also demonstrates how Latinos continually have shown that through political action they can significantly improve their channels of opportunity. Thus, the book encourages students to think critically about what it means to be a racialized minority group within a majoritarian US political system, and how that position structures Latinos ability to achieve their social, economic, and political goals.
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this popular text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Latino participation in US politics. Focusing on six Latino groups - Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans - the book explores the migration history of each group and shows how that experience has been affected by US foreign policy and economic interests in each country of origin. The political status of Latinos on arrival in the United States, including their civil rights, employment opportunities, and political incorporation, is then examined. Finally, the analysis follows each group s history of collective mobilization and political activity, drawing out the varied ways they have engaged in the US political system. Using the tension between individual agency and structural constraints as its central organizing theme, the discussion situates Latino migrants, and their children, within larger macro economic and geo-political structures that influence their decisions to migrate and their ability to adapt socially, economically, and politically to their new country.
It also demonstrates how Latinos continually have shown that through political action they can significantly improve their channels of opportunity. Thus, the book encourages students to think critically about what it means to be a racialized minority group within a majoritarian US political system, and how that position structures Latinos ability to achieve their social, economic, and political goals.
Lisa Garcia Bedolla is Chancellor s Professor of Education and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley
Chapter 1. Introduction: Latinos and U.S. Politics Chapter 2. Latina/o Participation: Individual Activity and Institutional Context Chapter 3. Mexican Americans: Conquest, Migration, and Adaptation Chapter 4. Puerto Ricans: from Colonized People to Political Activists Chapter 5. Cuban Americans: Occupation, Revolution, and Exile Politics Chapter 6. Dominicans: Political Upheaval, Imperalism, and Transnational Activism Chapter 7. Central Americans: Inequality, War, and Solidarity Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Context of Latino Migration and Mobilization
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.8.2014 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | US Minority Politics Series ; 1 |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 181 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 704 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker) |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7456-6499-7 / 0745664997 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7456-6499-6 / 9780745664996 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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