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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817930303321

Autore

Burke John Francis <1957->

Titolo

Mestizo democracy : the politics of crossing borders / / by John Francis Burke ; foreword by Virgilio Elizondo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-299-05324-6

1-60344-642-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Rio Grande/Rio Bravo ; ; no. 8

Disciplina

305.8/00973/090511

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - United States

Democracy - United States

Americanization

Political culture - United States

United States Emigration and immigration

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 (p. [283]-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction Enriching Community through Diversity""; ""Chapter 1 Moving Beyond the Either/or of Unum v. Pluribus""; ""Chapter 2 Mestizaje as Holistic Engagement of Multiple Cultures""; ""Chapter 3 Attributes of a Mestizo Democracy""; ""Chapter 4 A Post-liberation Philosophy and Theology""; ""Chapter 5 Reconciling Multiculturalism with Democracy""; ""Chapter 6 Fostering Unity-in-Diversity""; ""Chapter 7 Crossing Borders as Public Policy""; ""Conclusion Embracing the Future of Mestizo Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

It can come as no surprise that the ethnic makeup of the American population is rapidly changing. Mestizo, meaning "mixture," represents a blend of indigenous, African, and Spanish genes and cultures in Latin America. This mixture is not a "melting pot" experience; rather, the influences of the different cultures remain identifiable but influence each other in dynamic ways. In this volume, Burke offers a mestizo theory of democracy and traces its implications for public policy.