The roots of Latino urban agency

The roots of Latino urban agency / edited by Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.

The 2010 U.S. Census data showed that over the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Latino population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, accounting for more than half of the nation's population growth. This book collects essays that examine this phenomenal growth. In order to unde...

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Other Authors: Navarro, Sharon Ann (Editor), Rosales, Rodolfo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Al filo ; no. 8.
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government.
Political participation > United States.
Metropolitan government > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Ethnic relations > Political aspects
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government
Metropolitan government
Political participation
United States > Ethnic relations > Political aspects.
United States
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Latino urban agency / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales
  • Latino political agency in Los Angeles past & present : diverse conflicts, diverse coalitions, and fates that intertwine / Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval
  • The rebirth of Latino urban agency in San Francisco : from the MCO to the MAC, 1967-2006 / Richard Edward DeLeon
  • The fight for school equity in Chicago's Latino neighborhoods / Melissa R. Michelson
  • Manny Diaz and the rise and fall of the Miami renaissance / Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Juan Carlos Flores, and Dario Moreno
  • "I don't see color, I just vote for the best candidate" : the persistence of ethnic polarized voting / Sylvia Manzano and Arturo Vega
  • Conclusion : Latino urban agency in the twenty-first century / Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales.

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