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Latino Americans and political participation : a reference handbook /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Navarro, Sharon Ann, Mejia, Armando Xavier
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2004]
Series:Political participation in America.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government.
Political participation > United States.
United States > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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.