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Vonderlack-Novarro examines Chicago's coalition of first-generation Mexican hometown associations and their rocky path towards U.S. political inclusion moving from the mass immigrant marches of 2006 to the U.S. presidential elections of 2008. While hometown associations have been known as trans...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vonderlack-Navarro, Rebecca, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2014.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Immigrants > United States > Societies, etc.
Immigrants > Political activity > United States.
Mexicans > Political activity > United States.
Mexicains > Activité politique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrants > Political activity
Immigrants > Societies, etc.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Mexico
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Vonderlack-Novarro examines Chicago's coalition of first-generation Mexican hometown associations and their rocky path towards U.S. political inclusion moving from the mass immigrant marches of 2006 to the U.S. presidential elections of 2008. While hometown associations have been known as transnational organizations influenced by the Mexican government, by 2008 U.S. voting drives were a central strategy. The strategy, however, came with costs: weakening the will to mobilize for marches, internal fragmentation between leaders as they vied for recognition with stronger organizations and governme.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 221 pages .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593327446
1593327447

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