Latino Politics Identity, Mobilization, and Representation
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Rodolfo Espino is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. David L. Leal is Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Kenneth J. Meier, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University, is also Professor of Public Sector Management at the Cardiff University Business School in Wales.This book makes an important and substantial contribution to the field of Latino political studies. It is very well organized to focus on important political questions (e.g., Latino identity politics, Latino public opinion, transnational political identities of Latino immigrants, the political mobilization of Latinos, social capital and Latino politics, Latinos and coalitional politics, Latinos' empowerment efforts in governmental institutions, etc.), and the authors of each essay are careful to frame their inquiries to analyze the available data in a very consistent and effective manner. The book will be indispensable to Latino politics scholars, and will be of special interest to scholars focused on a range of important political matters. - Ronald Schmidt Sr., California State University, Long Beach, author of Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States