Latino politics
Subtitle: identity, mobilization, and representation
By: edited by Rodolfo Espino, David L. Leal, and Kenneth J. Meier
Contributors: Espino, Rodolfo; Leal, David L; Meier, Kenneth J., 1950-
Series: Race, ethnicity, and politics
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780813926513
Subjects: Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity; Political participation -- United States; Representative government and representation -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-321) and index
Table of contents: title: Latino identity politics research : problems and opportunities / Benjamin Márquez; title: Latino public opinion : does it exist? / David L. Leal; title: Fuzzy distinctions and blurred boundaries : transnational, ethnic, and immigrant politics / Michael Jones-Correa; title: The role of Latino candidates in mobilizing Latino voters : revisiting Latino vote choice / Matt A. Barreto; title: Residential mobility and the political mobilization of Latinos in Houston / Ricardo Ramírez; title: Puerto Rican exceptionalism? : a comparative analysis of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Salvadoran, and Dominican transnational civic and political ties / Louis DeSipio and Adrian D. Pantoja; title: Bonding and bridging : Latinos and social capital / Sylvia Manzano; title: A place at the lunch counter : Latinos, African Americans, and the dynamics of American race politics / Helena Alves Rodrigues and Gary M. Segura; title: Cooperation and conflict in multiracial school districts / René R. Rocha; title: Latinas in Latino politics / Luis Ricardo Fraga and Sharon A. Navarro; title: Is there a Latino dimension to voting in Congress? / Rodolfo Espino; title: Latino representation in Congress : to what extent are Latinos substantively represented? / Jason P. Casellas; title: Delegation or political mobilization? : Latino access to the bureaucracy / Eric Gonzalez Juenke; title: ¡Muéstreme el dinero! : assessing the linkage between Latino school superintendents and English-language learner program resources / Nick A. Theobald; title: We've come a long way, but not far enough : assessing the status of Latinos and Latino politics in political science / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manuel Avalos; title: What don't we know and why don't we know it : one research agenda in Latino politics / Kenneth J. Meier