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UNINA9910463018903321 |
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Vonderlack-Navarro Rebecca <1976-> |
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Titolo |
Immigrant political incorporation : the role of hometown associations / / Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro |
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El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (454 p.) |
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Collana |
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The New Americans : recent immigration and American society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - United States - Societies, etc |
Immigrants - Political activity - United States |
Mexicans - Political activity - United States |
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United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
Mexico Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
United States Emigration and immigration Government policy |
Mexico Emigration and immigration Government policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Vonderlack-Novarro examines Chicago's coalition of first-generation Mexican hometown associations and their rocky path towards U.S. political inclusion moving from the mass immigrant marches of 2006 to the U.S. presidential elections of 2008. While hometown associations have been known as transnational organizations influenced by the Mexican government, by 2008 U.S. voting drives were a central strategy. The strategy, however, came with costs: weakening the will to mobilize for marches, internal fragmentation between leaders as they vied for recognition with stronger organizations and governme |
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