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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464912903321

Autore

Rocco Raymond A.

Titolo

Transforming citizenship : democracy, membership, and belonging in Latino communities / / Raymond A. Rocco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-60917-418-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

Latinos in the United States Series

Disciplina

305.868/073

Soggetti

Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity

Citizenship - United States

Political participation - United States

Hispanic Americans - Politics and government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Framing the question of citizenship : membership, exclusionary inclusion, and Latinos in the national political imaginary -- Political theory and constructs of membership: difference and belonging in liberal democracies -- Reconceptualizing citizenship : membership, belonging, and the politics of racialization -- Associative citizenship : civil society, rights claims and expanding the public sphere -- Grounded rights claims : contesting membership and transforming citizenship in Latino urban communities -- Critical theory and the politics of solidarity : contradictions, tensions, and potentiality -- Concluding reflections : contesting membership/transforming Latino citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

In Transforming Citizenship Raymond Rocco studies the "exclusionary inclusion" of Latinos based on racialization and how the processes behind this have shaped their marginalized citizenship status, offering a framework for explaining this dynamic. Contesting this status has been at the core of Latino politics for more than 150 years. Pursuing the goal of full, equal, and just inclusion in societal membership has long been a major part of the struggle to realize democratic normative



principles. This illuminating research demonstrates the inherent limitations of the citizenship regime in the Un