Identity and power : Puerto Rican politics and the challenge of ethnicity /

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Identity politics as a positive force in political mobilization and access to power.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cruz, José E., 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Puerto Ricans > Connecticut > Hartford > Politics and government.
Puerto Ricans > Connecticut > Hartford > Ethnic identity.
Portoricains > Identité ethnique > Connecticut > Hartford.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ethnic relations
Puerto Ricans > Ethnic identity
Puerto Ricans > Politics and government
Ethnische Identität
Politik
Hartford (Conn.) > Ethnic relations.
Connecticut > Hartford
Hartford, Conn.
Puertoricaner.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Maps, Tables, and Photos; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Hartford: The City and Its Politics; 3. Puerto Ricans in Hartford: From Settlement to Collective Behavior; 4. From Collective Behavior to Brokered Representation; 5. From Brokered Representation to Political Mobilization; 6. Identity Politics: The Puerto Rican Political Action Committee of Connecticut; 7. Identity and Power; 8. Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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