Latinas In American Politics

Author : Sharon A. Navarro,Samantha L. Hernandez,Leslie A. Navarro
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498533362

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Latinas in American Politics by Sharon A. Navarro,Samantha L. Hernandez,Leslie A. Navarro Pdf

The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection of race and gender is complicated and often creates more questions than it answers. How are Latinas elected? Are they served by this complex identity or hindered by it? Latinas in American Politics: Embracing and Changing Political Tradition begins addressing the issues by examining the stereotypes Latinas face while running for political office. More specifically, the perception of voters on ideological standings of Latinas provides insight as to what party Latinas are identified with and how they can use this to their advantage. In addition to establishing the role stereotypes play in the electability of Latinas, the way they use and diffuse these stereotypes via campaigns is examined. The images that Latinas present and how they interact with voters via social media establishes a new dynamic in campaigning and allows for theory building in the area of race, gender, and campaigns. Aside from campaigning, party identification for a Latina creates a different barrier. How do Latinas bridge this? Case studies of prominent Latina officials are examined to understand within which contexts and under what conditions Latinas as candidates and as elected officials will experience intersectionality as advantage and disadvantage. Finally, the examination of Latina congressional members shows whether and how the intersection of gender and ethnicity in descriptive representation contributes uniquely to patterns of substantive representation. Ultimately, this volume demonstrates how the intersection of race and gender creates unique situations for representation and electability of candidates.

Author : Sharon A. Navarro,Samantha L. Hernandez,Leslie A. Navarro
Publisher : Latinos and American Politics
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 149853337X

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Latinas in American Politics by Sharon A. Navarro,Samantha L. Hernandez,Leslie A. Navarro Pdf

This volume examines when and how Latinas run for political office at the national and state level. Contributors further this analysis by examining the ways Latinas are covered in the news, how they are compared to other political candidates, and how they act once in the legislature.

Author : Kathleen Coll
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804773690

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Remaking Citizenship by Kathleen Coll Pdf

Standing at the intersection of immigration and welfare reform, immigrant Latin American women are the target of special scrutiny in the United States. Both the state and the media often present them as scheming "welfare queens" or long-suffering, silent victims of globalization and machismo. This book argues for a reformulation of our definitions of citizenship and politics, one inspired by women who are usually perceived as excluded from both. Weaving the stories of Mexican and Central American women with history and analysis of the anti-immigrant upsurge in 1990s California, this compelling book examines the impact of reform legislation on individual women's lives and their engagement in grassroots political organizing. Their accounts of personal and political transformation offer a new vision of politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights.

Author : Carol Hardy-Fanta
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1993-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 156639032X

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Latina Politics, Latino Politics by Carol Hardy-Fanta Pdf

Through an in-depth study of the Latino community in Boston, Carol hardy-Fanta addressees three key debates in American politics: how to look at the ways in which women and men envision the meaning of politics and political participation; how to understand culture and the political life of expanding immigrant populations; and how to create a more participatory America. The author's interviews with Latinos from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Central and South America and her participation in community events in North Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and the South End document the often ignored contribution of Latina women as candidates, political mobilizers, and community organizers. Hardy-Fanta examines critical gender differences in how politics is defined, what strategies Latina women and Latino men use to generate political participation, and how culture and gender interact in the political empowerment of the ethic communities. Hardy-Fanta challenges the notion of political apathy among Latinos and presents factors that stimulate political participation. She finds that the vision of politics promoted by Latina women—one based on connectedness, collectivity, community, and consiousness-raising—contrasts sharply with a male political concern for status, hierarchy, and personal opportunity.

Author : Chris Garcia,Gabriel Sanchez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317347873

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Hispanics and the U.S. Political System by Chris Garcia,Gabriel Sanchez Pdf

As the Hispanic population in the U.S. grows, so too does its influence. The general election in 2000 marked an era of increased influence and awareness by Hispanics in politics both as voters and politicians. While it is clear that Latinos are influencing and changing politics, the impact on politics in the U.S. is still not clear. Authored by leading scholar, F. Chris Garcia and Gabriel Sanchez, Hispanics and the U.S. Political System : Moving into the Mainstream focuses on the historical, contemporary and future role of Hispanics in the United States.

Author : Lisa Garc¿a Bedolla
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745686424

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Latino Politics by Lisa Garc¿a Bedolla Pdf

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this popular text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Latino participation in US politics. Focusing on six Latino groups - Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Guatemalans - the book explores the migration history of each group and shows how that experience has been affected by US foreign policy and economic interests in each country of origin. The political status of Latinos on arrival in the United States, including their civil rights, employment opportunities, and political incorporation, is then examined. Finally, the analysis follows each group’s history of collective mobilization and political activity, drawing out the varied ways they have engaged in the US political system. Using the tension between individual agency and structural constraints as its central organizing theme, the discussion situates Latino migrants, and their children, within larger macro economic and geo-political structures that influence their decisions to migrate and their ability to adapt socially, economically, and politically to their new country. It also demonstrates how Latinos continually have shown that through political action they can significantly improve their channels of opportunity. Thus, the book encourages students to think critically about what it means to be a racialized minority group within a majoritarian US political system, and how that position structures Latinos’ ability to achieve their social, economic, and political goals.

Author : Matt Barreto,Gary M. Segura
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610395021

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Latino America by Matt Barreto,Gary M. Segura Pdf

Sometime in April 2014, somewhere in a hospital in California, a Latino child tipped the demographic scales as Latinos displaced non-Hispanic whites as the largest racial/ethnic group in the state. So, one-hundred-sixty-six years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought the Mexican province of Alta California into the United States, Latinos once again became the largest population in the state. Surprised? Texas will make the same transition sometime before 2020. When that happens, America's two most populous states, carrying the largest number of Electoral College votes, will be Latino. New Mexico is already there. New York, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada are shifting rapidly. Latino populations since 2000 have doubled in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Dakota. The US is undergoing a substantial and irreversible shift in its identity. So, too, are the Latinos who make up these populations. Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura are the country's preeminent experts in the shape, disposition, and mood of Latino America. They show the extent to which Latinos have already transformed the US politically and socially, and how Latino Americans are the most buoyant and dynamic ethnic and racial group, often in quite counterintuitive ways. Latinos' optimism, strength of family, belief in the constructive role of government, and resilience have the imminent potential to reshape the political and partisan landscape for a generation and drive the outcome of elections as soon as 2016.

Author : Sharon A. Navarro,Lilliana Saldaña
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000294309

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Latinas and the Politics of Urban Spaces by Sharon A. Navarro,Lilliana Saldaña Pdf

This book illuminates the ways in which Chicanas, Puerto Rican women, and other Latinas organize and lead social movements, either on the ground or digitally, in major cities of the continental United States and Puerto Rico. It shows how they challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-immigrant policies through their political praxis and spiritual activism. Drawing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, academic and activist authors offer unique insights into environmental justice, peace and conflict resolution, women’s rights, LGBTQ coalition-building, and more—all through a distinctive Latina lens. Designed for use in a wide range of college courses, this book is also aimed at practitioners, community organizers, and grassroots leaders.

Author : Armando Ibarra,Alfredo Carlos,Rodolfo D. Torres
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : 074533525X

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The Latino Question by Armando Ibarra,Alfredo Carlos,Rodolfo D. Torres Pdf

How Latino communities are transforming the politics of race, migration and labour in the US.

Author : Benjamin Francis-Fallon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674737440

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The Rise of the Latino Vote by Benjamin Francis-Fallon Pdf

Francis-Fallon returns to the origins of the U.S. “Spanish-speaking vote” to understand the history and potential of this political bloc. He finds that individual voters affiliate more with their particular ethnic communities than with the pan-ethnic Latino identity created for them, complicating the notion of a broader Latino constituency.

Author : Geraldo L. Cadava
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062946362

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The Hispanic Republican by Geraldo L. Cadava Pdf

"Thoughtful, fair-minded, and learned, Cadava's eye-opening book will teach experts on American politics things they didn't even know they didn't know." — Rick Perlstein, bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge “Geraldo Cadava’s history...provides a unique vantage point on US politics; on the shifting terrains of foreign policy, labor, and religion; and on the changing nature of specific states, as well as on deeper ideological fights over the soul of the country: is it to be an inclusive nation of immigrants, or, as the nativists today say, a country founded on white supremacy? An excellent, insightful study.” — Greg Grandin, professor of history at Yale University and author of The End of the Myth “Geraldo Cadava offers a fascinating examination of the socioeconomic interests and foreign policy concerns that have drawn Hispanics/Latinos into a rapidly changing Republican Party. If readers harbor the mistaken idea that Hispanics are a monolithic voting bloc, this book should dispel this idea once and for all. Though the work is written for a general audience, even experts on Hispanic politics and voting behavior will find much that is new and surprising in these chapters.” — María Cristina García, author of The Refugee Challenge in Post–Cold War America

Author : Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440853470

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Latinos in the American Political System [2 volumes] by Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti Pdf

This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Hispanic Americans engaged in U.S. politics, from increased visibility as governors and other lawmakers at the local, state, and federal levels to their growing importance as a voting constituency. This encyclopedia comprehensively surveys the evolution of Latina/o engagement in US politics as voters, candidates, lawmakers, and public officials. It is an authoritative resource for public library patrons, high school students, and undergraduates in a variety of curricular studies, including political science, civics, American history, and Latino studies. The set's A–Z entries were carefully selected and crafted to ensure thorough coverage of all of the individuals, organizations, cultural forces, political issues, and legal decisions that have combined to elevate the role of Latinos at the polls, on the campaign trail, in Washington, and in mayors' offices, city councils, school boards, and statehouses all across the country. In-depth essays on the rising prominence of Latino Americans as voters, candidates, public officials, lawmakers, and opinion leaders will provide further context for understanding their impact on modern U.S. political processes and institutions from the perspective of liberals and conservatives alike.

Author : Jessica Lavariega Monforti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Hispanic American politicians
ISBN : 1440853487

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Latinos in the American Political System by Jessica Lavariega Monforti Pdf

Author : Rodolfo O. de la Garza,Alan S. Yang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351054645

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Americanizing Latino Politics, Latinoizing American Politics by Rodolfo O. de la Garza,Alan S. Yang Pdf

Using the most extensive and currently available survey opinion data, this book empirically supports the argument that Latinos have emerged as a convergent panethnic political group, beyond the individual national origin identities dating to the time of the 1990 Latino National Political Survey when Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans were treated conceptually as politically distinct groups. Replete with data and supplemented by an extensive online resource, this book offers scholars, students, and sophisticated general readers evidence and inspiration for understanding the dynamics of Latino politics in the U.S. today.

Author : Lisa García Bedolla
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520243699

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Fluid Borders by Lisa García Bedolla Pdf

Annotation This project examines the political dynamics of Latino immigrants in California.