Author: Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429715803
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book provides basic information about the political values, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities.
Latino Voices
Author: Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429715803
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book provides basic information about the political values, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429715803
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book provides basic information about the political values, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities.
Demographic Dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico Border
Author: John Robert Weeks
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Mexican Americans
Author: Peter Skerry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674572621
Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"Some of us have been here for three hundred years, some for three days." This comment, often repeated by Mexican Americans, affirms their status as one of America's oldest ethnic groups, as well as one of its newest and fastest growing. Not surprisingly, many observers (including some Mexican Americans) are concerned about the impact of the burgeoning number of Mexican immigrants on our society - anxieties exacerbated by leaders whose demands for bilingual schools and ballots challenge the goal of assimilation. Yet for Skerry the critical question is not whether Mexican immigrants will join the American mainstream, but how - on what terms. Those terms, he argues, will be forged in the political arena, where enormous changes have been wrought during the past twenty-five years. Gone are the strong local party organizations that once helped newcomers adapt. In their stead are nationalized parties with weak local roots, and civil rights efforts such as the Voting Rights Act, which offer Mexican Americans powerful incentives to define themselves not as an aspiring immigrant ethnic group but as a racially oppressed minority. These divergent political styles emerge from Skerry's comparison of the two American cities with the most visible Mexican American communities, San Antonio and Los Angeles. In Texas, where Mexican Americans have indeed been racially subjugated, traditional political institutions and effective community organizing have afforded them much political success, and moderated their deep-seated resentments. Paradoxicallyin California, where Mexican Americans have enjoyed considerable social and economic mobility, their political efforts have been much less successful andcharacterized by angry protest and racial claims. Noting that the California model of politics, detached from local communities and propelled by money and media, is setting the national norm. Skerry warns that Mexican Americans are being encouraged to dwell on the undeniable injustices
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674572621
Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"Some of us have been here for three hundred years, some for three days." This comment, often repeated by Mexican Americans, affirms their status as one of America's oldest ethnic groups, as well as one of its newest and fastest growing. Not surprisingly, many observers (including some Mexican Americans) are concerned about the impact of the burgeoning number of Mexican immigrants on our society - anxieties exacerbated by leaders whose demands for bilingual schools and ballots challenge the goal of assimilation. Yet for Skerry the critical question is not whether Mexican immigrants will join the American mainstream, but how - on what terms. Those terms, he argues, will be forged in the political arena, where enormous changes have been wrought during the past twenty-five years. Gone are the strong local party organizations that once helped newcomers adapt. In their stead are nationalized parties with weak local roots, and civil rights efforts such as the Voting Rights Act, which offer Mexican Americans powerful incentives to define themselves not as an aspiring immigrant ethnic group but as a racially oppressed minority. These divergent political styles emerge from Skerry's comparison of the two American cities with the most visible Mexican American communities, San Antonio and Los Angeles. In Texas, where Mexican Americans have indeed been racially subjugated, traditional political institutions and effective community organizing have afforded them much political success, and moderated their deep-seated resentments. Paradoxicallyin California, where Mexican Americans have enjoyed considerable social and economic mobility, their political efforts have been much less successful andcharacterized by angry protest and racial claims. Noting that the California model of politics, detached from local communities and propelled by money and media, is setting the national norm. Skerry warns that Mexican Americans are being encouraged to dwell on the undeniable injustices
Transformations of la Familia on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Author: Raquel R. Márquez
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This is a coherent collection of papers dealing with the impact on Mexican and Mexican-origin families living in the transnational space of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This is a coherent collection of papers dealing with the impact on Mexican and Mexican-origin families living in the transnational space of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexican Migration to the United States
Author: Harriett D. Romo
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477309020
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borderlands migration has been the subject of considerable study, but the authorship has usually reflected a north-of-the-border perspective only. Gathering a transnational group of prominent researchers, including leading Mexican scholars whose work is not readily available in the United States and academics from US universities, Mexican Migration to the United States brings together an array of often-overlooked viewpoints, reflecting the interconnectedness of immigration policy. This collection’s research, principally empirical, reveals significant aspects of labor markets, family life, and educational processes. Presenting recent data and accessible explanations of complex histories, the essays capture the evolving legal frameworks and economic implications of Mexico-US migrations at the national and municipal levels, as well as the experiences of receiving communities in the United States. The volume includes illuminating reports on populations ranging from undocumented young adults to elite Mexican women immigrants, health-care rights, Mexico’s incorporation of return migration, the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on higher education, and the experiences of young children returning to Mexican schools after living in the United States. Reflecting a multidisciplinary approach, the list of contributors includes anthropologists, demographers, economists, educators, policy analysts, and sociologists. Underscoring the fact that Mexican migration to the United States is unique and complex, this timely work exemplifies the cross-border collaboration crucial to the development of immigration policies that serve people in both countries.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477309020
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Borderlands migration has been the subject of considerable study, but the authorship has usually reflected a north-of-the-border perspective only. Gathering a transnational group of prominent researchers, including leading Mexican scholars whose work is not readily available in the United States and academics from US universities, Mexican Migration to the United States brings together an array of often-overlooked viewpoints, reflecting the interconnectedness of immigration policy. This collection’s research, principally empirical, reveals significant aspects of labor markets, family life, and educational processes. Presenting recent data and accessible explanations of complex histories, the essays capture the evolving legal frameworks and economic implications of Mexico-US migrations at the national and municipal levels, as well as the experiences of receiving communities in the United States. The volume includes illuminating reports on populations ranging from undocumented young adults to elite Mexican women immigrants, health-care rights, Mexico’s incorporation of return migration, the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on higher education, and the experiences of young children returning to Mexican schools after living in the United States. Reflecting a multidisciplinary approach, the list of contributors includes anthropologists, demographers, economists, educators, policy analysts, and sociologists. Underscoring the fact that Mexican migration to the United States is unique and complex, this timely work exemplifies the cross-border collaboration crucial to the development of immigration policies that serve people in both countries.
Social Justice in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Author: Mark Lusk
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789400793705
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexico Border Region is among the poorest geographical areas in the United States. The region has been long characterized by dual development, poor infrastructure, weak schools, health disparities and low-wage employment. More recently, the region has been affected by the violence associated with a drug and crime war in Mexico. The premise of this book is that the U.S.-Mexico Border Region is subject to systematic oppression and that the so-called social pathologies that we see in the region are by-products of social and economic injustice in the form of labor exploitation, environmental racism, immigration militarism, institutional sexism and discrimination, health inequities, a political economy based on low-wage labor, and the globalization of labor and capital. The chapters address a variety of examples of injustice in the areas of environment, health disparity, migration unemployment, citizenship, women and gender violence, mental health, and drug violence. The book proposes a pathway to development.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789400793705
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexico Border Region is among the poorest geographical areas in the United States. The region has been long characterized by dual development, poor infrastructure, weak schools, health disparities and low-wage employment. More recently, the region has been affected by the violence associated with a drug and crime war in Mexico. The premise of this book is that the U.S.-Mexico Border Region is subject to systematic oppression and that the so-called social pathologies that we see in the region are by-products of social and economic injustice in the form of labor exploitation, environmental racism, immigration militarism, institutional sexism and discrimination, health inequities, a political economy based on low-wage labor, and the globalization of labor and capital. The chapters address a variety of examples of injustice in the areas of environment, health disparity, migration unemployment, citizenship, women and gender violence, mental health, and drug violence. The book proposes a pathway to development.
The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment
Author: Erik Lee
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613533
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613533
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment
Author: Suzanne Michel
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613401
Category : Sustainable development
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613401
Category : Sustainable development
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment
Author: Paul Ganster
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 9780925613288
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 9780925613288
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The U.S.-Mexican Border Environment
Author: Vicente Sánchez
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613495
Category : All American Canal (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: SCERP and IRSC publications
ISBN: 0925613495
Category : All American Canal (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description