Moving from the margins
Subtitle: a Chicana voice on public policy
By: Adela de la Torre.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Torre, Adela de la -- Political and social views.; Mexican Americans -- California -- Politics and government.; Mexican Americans -- California -- Social conditions.; Political planning -- California.; California -- Politics and government -- 1951-; California -- Social conditions.; California -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "Immigration reform. Bilingual education. Affirmative action. Such issues trigger knee-jerk reactions from many people, and in California those reactions are likely to fall along strict ethnic lines. A white majority has long called the shots in voter initiatives, but with Mexican Americans becoming the majority population in southern California, their views on these matters can no longer be ignored.".

"In Moving from the Margins, an outspoken member of the Mexican American community explores issues that have molded politics over the past decade in a state where division seems more common than unity. Addressing immigration, education, health care, and economic and political concerns, Adela de la Torre provides a distinctly Chicana perspective that often differs from that of mainstream readers and voters.".

"Whether addressing entitlements granted to noncitizens, the future of public schools, or access to health care, de la Torre challenges readers to move beyond their own frame of reference and consider new points of view. The issues she faces have shaped today's California - and they also lie at the heart of urban public policy in America for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-134) and index.
"Most articles that appear in this book were first published as commentaries that Adela de la Torre wrote for the Los Angeles Times between 1992 and 1998."--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Immigration; title: Issues in bilingual and K-12 education; title: Issues in higher education; title: Affirmative action; title: Health care; title: Welfare reform and the underclass; title: The emerging debates in Los Angeles politics.