Latino politics
By: Lisa García Bedolla
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Polity; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780745664996; 9780745665009
Subjects: Hispanic Americans; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Immigrants; Political participation; Race relations; Political aspects; Ethnic relations; Foreign relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Introduction: Latinos and U.S. Politics; title: Chapter 2. Latina/o Participation : Individual Activity and Institutional Context; title: Chapter 3. Mexican Americans : Conquest, Migration, and Adaptation; title: Chapter 4. Puerto Ricans : from Colonized People to Political Activists; title: Chapter 5. Cuban Americans : Occupation, Revolution, and Exile Politics; title: Chapter 6. Dominicans : Political Upheaval, Imperalism, and Transnational Activism; title: Chapter 7. Central Americans : Inequality, War, and Solidarity; title: Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Context of Latino Migration and Mobilization.