Cuban American Political Culture and Civic Organizing

1 Introduction: Constructivist Cultural Politics 1

2 Difference in the Midst of Cohesion 35 2.1 Studying Civic Organizations 44 2.2 Ethnicity as Organizing Strategy 48 References 52
3 Cultural Change and Formation and Civic Organizations 53 References 84
4 Approach, Methods, Measures, and Data 88 4.1 Measuring Political Culture 93 References 99
5 Political Theory as Political Culture 101 5.1 Political Culture in Cuban Miami 103 5.1.1 Liberalism's Politics and Citizenship 108 5.1.2 Corporatism's Politics and Citizenship 112 5.1.3 Clientelism's Politics and Citizenship 114 5.2 The Political Culture of Civic Organizations 114 5.3 Service versus Participation 117 5.4 Cultural Strategy and Political Performance 120 References 127
6 Visions of Civic Agency 129 6.1 Individuals with Civic Virtue 130 6.1.1 Process and Objectives in the League Against Cancer 130 6.1.2 Process and Objectives in Cuban Consensus 137 6.2 The Community with its Traditional Social Life 147 6.2.1 Process and Objectives in the Municipalities 147 6.2.2 Process and Objectives at Saints Peter and Paul 155 6.3. Conclusion 163 References 164
7 Purposes of Civic Engagement 165 7.1 Forging Connections with the Larger World 165 7.2 Building the Community Participants Call Home 169 7.3 Politics of Civic Engagement 180
8 Conclusion 182 References 187
Index 189