
Mobilizing Opportunities
The Evolving Latino Electorate and the Future of American Politics
Ricardo Ramirez(Author)
University of Virginia Press
Published on 4. November 2013
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-8139-3510-2 (ISBN)
Description
The growth of the Latino population is the most significant demographic shift in the United States today. Yet growth alone cannot explain this population's increasing impact on the electorate; nor can a parsing of its subethnicities. In the most significant analysis to date on the growing political activation of Latinos, Ricardo Ramirez identifies when and where Latino participation in the political process has come about as well as its many motivations. Using a state-centred approach, the author focuses on the interaction between demographic factors and political contexts, from long-term trends in party competition, to the resources and mobilisation efforts of ethnic organisations and the Spanish-language media, to the perception of political threat as a basis for mobilisation.
The picture that emerges is one of great temporal and geographic variation. In it, Ramirez captures the transformation of Latinos' civic and political reality and the engines behind the evolution of this crucial electorate.
The picture that emerges is one of great temporal and geographic variation. In it, Ramirez captures the transformation of Latinos' civic and political reality and the engines behind the evolution of this crucial electorate.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charlottesville
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 figures, 4 tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8139-3510-2 (9780813935102)
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The Evolving Latino Electorate and the Future of American Politics
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Ricardo Ramirez, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, USA is the coeditor of Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States (Virginia).