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Latino Americans and political participation a reference handbook
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- ISBN: 1851095284 (e-Book)
- ISBN: 9781851095285 (e-Book)
- ISBN: 6610712360 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9786610712366 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1851095233 (Cloth)
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1 online resource (xxiv, 321 p.) : ill. - Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-304) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Overview / Maria Luisa Chávez -- Labels, definitions, similarities, and differences -- Demographic profile of U.S. Latinos : population size and composition -- Education -- Economic and labor force characteristics -- Latinas and economic and labor force characteristics -- The historical context of three Latino groups in the United States -- Other smaller Latino groups -- Models of Latino political participation -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. Protest politics / Lisa Magana, Armando Xavier Mejia -- Latino protest politics : critical questions and periodization -- Waves of Latino protest politics -- The Puerto Rican struggle for civil rights in the 1960s and beyond -- The Chicano movement for civil rights of the 1960s and 1970s -- Cesar Chavez and the struggle of the United Farm Workers -- Contemporary protest politics -- Future considerations for protest politics -- References -- 3. Interest groups and social movements / Sharon Ann Navarro -- Communities of interest -- Linking politics to movements -- Mexican Americans : the movement toward inclusiveness -- Cuban Americans : national politics -- Puerto Ricans : core groups -- Other Latino groups -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. Electoral politics / John A. Garcia, Gabriel Sanchez -- The components of this chapter -- Political participation in the United States -- Latinos and political participation -- Key determinants of Latino political participation -- The electoral arena and Latinos -- Salient policy issues and Latinos -- Latino political participation and associated factors -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Latinos in office / José E. Cruz -- Latino office-holding -- The context for Latino office-holding -- National office-holding -- State office-holding -- Local office-holding -- Increased access to office since 1965 -- The content of representation -- Latina office-holders -- The path to political office -- References -- Documents -- Key people, laws, and terms -- Resources -- Chronology -- Appendix. |
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| Subject: | Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government Political participation -- United States United States -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects |
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Sharon A. Navarro, PhD, is assistant professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
Armando Xavier Mejia is a lecturer in the Chicano/a Studies Program and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
