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Over the past four decades, the foreign-born population in the
United States has nearly tripled, from about 10 million in 1965 to
more than 30 million today. This wave of new Americans comes in
disproportionately large numbers from Latin America and Asia, a
pattern that is likely to continue in this century. In Transforming
Politics, Transforming America, editors Taeku Lee, S. Karthick
Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramirez bring together the newest work of
prominent scholars in the field of immigrant political
incorporation to provide the first comprehensive look at the
political behavior of immigrants.Focusing on the period from 1965
to the year 2020, this volume tackles the fundamental yet
relatively neglected questions, What is the meaning of citizenship,
and what is its political relevance? How are immigrants changing
our notions of racial and ethnic categorization? How is immigration
transforming our understanding of mobilization, participation, and
political assimilation? With an emphasis on research that brings
innovative theory, quantitative methods, and systematic data to
bear on such questions, this volume presents a provocative
evidence-based examination of the consequences that these
demographic changes might have for the contemporary politics of the
United States as well as for the concerns, categories, and
conceptual frameworks we use to study race relations and ethnic
politics.
Contributors Bruce Cain (University of California, Berkeley) *
Grace Cho (University of Michigan) * Jack Citrin (University of
California, Berkeley) * Louis DeSipio (University of California,
Irvine) * Brendan Doherty (University of California, Berkeley) *
Lisa Garcia Bedolla (University of California, Irvine) * Zoltan
Hajnal (University of California, San Diego) * Jennifer Holdaway
(Social Science Research Council) * Jane Junn (Rutgers University)
* Philip Kasinitz (City University of New York) * Taeku Lee
(University of California, Berkeley) * John Mollenkopf (City
University of New York) * Tatishe Mavovosi Nteta (University of
California, Berkeley) * Kathryn Pearson (University of Minnesota) *
Kenneth Prewitt (Columbia University) * S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
(University of California, Riverside) * Ricardo Ramirez (University
of Southern California) * Mary Waters (Harvard University) * Cara
Wong (University of Michigan) * Janelle Wong (University of
Southern California)
The growth of the Latino population is the most significant
demographic shift in the United States today. Yet growth alone
cannot explain this population's increasing impact on the
electorate; nor can a parsing of its subethnicities. In the most
significant analysis to date on the growing political activation of
Latinos, Ricardo Ramirez identifies when and where Latino
participation in the political process has come about as well as
its many motivations. Using a state-centered approach, the author
focuses on the interaction between demographic factors and
political contexts, from long-term trends in party competition, to
the resources and mobilization efforts of ethnic organizations and
the Spanish-language media, to the perception of political threat
as a basis for mobilization. The picture that emerges is one of
great temporal and geographic variation. In it, Ramirez captures
the transformation of Latinos' civic and political reality and the
engines behind the evolution of this crucial electorate.
The growth of the Latino population is the most significant
demographic shift in the United States today. Yet growth alone
cannot explain this population's increasing impact on the
electorate; nor can a parsing of its subethnicities. In the most
significant analysis to date on the growing political activation of
Latinos, Ricardo Ramirez identifies when and where Latino
participation in the political process has come about as well as
its many motivations. Using a state-centered approach, the author
focuses on the interaction between demographic factors and
political contexts, from long-term trends in party competition, to
the resources and mobilization efforts of ethnic organizations and
the Spanish-language media, to the perception of political threat
as a basis for mobilization.
The picture that emerges is one of great temporal and geographic
variation. In it, Ramirez captures the transformation of Latinos'
civic and political reality and the engines behind the evolution of
this crucial electorate.
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
La educacion es un derecho fundamental, en Mexico, en el ano del
2011, este derecho fue elevado a la categoria de un derecho humano,
sin embargo, no existen garantias, es decir, mecanismos que
permitan a los ninos y jovenes de los diversos pueblos indigenas
que viven en el pais acceder a una educacion elemental, que les
permita tener un mejor nivel de vida, esta investigacion documenta
las dificultades que enfrentan los ninos del pueblo indigena
"Yolem'mem-mayo" que habita en el norte de Mexico, para asistir a
la escuela primaria."
This lively book argues that in the development process,
communication is everything. The authors, world experts in this
field as teachers, practitioners and theorists, argue that
Communication for Development is a creative and innovative way of
thinking that can permeate the overall approach to any development
initiative. They illustrate their argument with vivid case studies
and tools for the reader, drawing on the stories of individual
project leaders who have championed development for communication,
and using a range of situations to show the different possibilities
in various contexts. Free from jargon, and keeping a close look at
how development is actually being implemented at ground level, this
book is an important contribution to development studies not just
for students but also for development practitioners and policy
makers.
The 2016 election saw more Latino votes than the record voter
turnout of the 2012 election. The essays in this volume provide a
highly detailed analysis of the state and national impact Latino
voters had in what will be remembered as one of the biggest
surprises in presidential election history. Contrary to much
commentary, Latino voters increased their participation rates in
all states beyond the supposed peak levels that they attained in
2012. Moreover, they again displayed their overwhelming support of
Democratic candidates and even improved their Democratic support in
Florida. Nonetheless, their continued presence and participation in
national elections was not sufficient to prevent the election of
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who vilified
Latinos and especially Latino immigrants. Each essay provides
insights as to how these two competing realities coexist, while the
conclusion addresses the implications of this coexistence for the
future of Latinos in American politics.
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