Ethnic Ironies describes the role of Latino electorates in national- and state-level politics during the 1992 elections. The book examines Latino politics from the top down?looking at the efforts of candidates and campaigns to speak to Latino concerns and to mobilize Latino voters?and from the bottom up?reviewing the efforts of Latinos to win electoral office and to influence electoral outcomes.Chronicling the campaigns and uncovering patterns of Latino influence, the core of the book consists of eight state-level analyses by experts who have observed firsthand the states with the most sizable Latino electorates. An overview chapter synthesizes and integrates the findings of these case studies, placing them in national perspective.Ethnic Ironies is the third in a series of studies on Latino electoral behavior published by Westview Press, including From Rhetoric to Reality: Latino Politics in the 1988 Elections and Barrio Ballots: Latino Politics in the 1990 Elections. This latest study also serves as a companion volume to Latino Voices: Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Perspectives on American Politics and New Americans by Choice: Political Perspectives of Latino Immigrants.
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This book describes the role of Latino electorates in national- and state-level politics during the 1992 elections, looking at the efforts of candidates and campaigns to speak to Latino concerns and reviewing the efforts of Latinos to win electoral office and to influence electoral outcomes.
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Foreword -- National Overview -- Latinos and the 1992 Elections: ‍A National Perspective -- The Old Reliables: Mexican Americans in Small Western States -- Conventional Politics Under Unusual Circumstances: Latinos and the 1992 Election in New Mexico -- An Essential Vote: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Colorado -- Promise and Missed Opportunity: The 1992 Latino Vote in Arizona -- The Must-Wins: Key States with Large Long-Term Latino Electorates -- Unrealized Expectations: Latinos and the 1992 Elections in Texas -- Theory, Reality, and Perpetual Potential: Latinos in the 1992 California Elections -- The New Kids on the Block: Key States with New and Potentially Influential Latino Electorates -- Leverage Without Influence: Illinois Latino Politics in 1992 -- The Conservative Enclave Revisited: Cuban Americans in Florida -- Puerto Ricans in Postliberal New York: The 1992 Presidential Election
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780813330129
Publisert
1996-02-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Westview Press Inc
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Om bidragsyterne

Louis DeSipio is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate as well as the author and editor of a five-volume series on Latino political values, attitudes, and behaviours published by WestviewPress. Rodolfo O. de la Garza is Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as vice president and director of research at the Tom225s Rivera Policy Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including most recently Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections (WestviewPress 1996) and Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations.Louis DeSipio is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate as well as the author and editor of a five-volume series on Latino political values, attitudes, and behaviours published by WestviewPress. Rodolfo O. de la Garza is Mike Hogg Professor of Community Affairs and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as vice president and director of research at the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including most recently Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections (WestviewPress 1996) and Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations.