Latinos and citizenship : the dilemma of belonging /

This book explores the extent to which the varied political status of Latinos is changing the meaning of citizenship and belonging in the United States. It brings together broad theoretical considerations of citizenship with discussions of historical and contemporary case studies pertaining to Latin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Oboler, Suzanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Temas:
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Immigrants > Political activity > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Américains d'origine latino-américaine > Acculturation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Citizenship
Ethnic relations
Hispanic Americans > Cultural assimilation
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government
Immigrants > Political activity
United States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Redefining citizenship as a lived experience / Suzanne Oboler
  • II. Citizenship and struggles for political inclusion and dignity in the 20th century
  • 2. "How they ignore our rights as American citizens" : Puerto Rican migrants and the politics of citizenship in the New Deal era / Lorrin Thomas
  • III. Citizenship : public policy implications
  • 3. The legal production of Mexican/migrant "illegality" / Nicholas De Genova
  • 4. Regulating transnational citizens in the post-1996 Welfare Reform era : Dominican immigrants in New York City / Greta A. Gilbertson
  • 5. Dual citizenship and political participation : migrants in the interplay of United States and Colombian politics / Cristina Escobar
  • 6. Roads to citizenship : Mexican migrants in the United States / Alejandra Castañeda
  • IV. Latino/as and citizenship : the immigrants' perspective 7. Boundaries, language, and the self : issues faced by Puerto Ricans and other Latino/a college students / Bonnie Urciuoli
  • 8. Necesidades y Problemas : immigrant Latina vernaculars of belonging, coalition, and citizenship in San Francisco, California / Kathleen Coll
  • 9. "Getting out the vote" in Los Angeles : the mobilization of undocumented migrants in electoral politics / Monica W. Varsanyi
  • 10. "Wise up!" : undocumented Latino youth, Mexican-American legislators, and the struggle for higher education access / Hinda Seif
  • V. Redefining citizenship, the present conundrum
  • 11. Delinquent citizenship, national performances : racialization, surveillance, and the politics of "worthiness" in Puerto Rican Chicago / Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas
  • 12. Transforming citizenship : membership, strategies of containment, and the public sphere in Latino communities / Raymond Rocco.

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