Immigrant political incorporation : the role of hometown associations / / Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro

• Autore: Vonderlack-Navarro Rebecca <1976->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.868/073
• Soggetto topico: Immigrants - United States - Societies, etc; Immigrants - Political activity - United States; Mexicans - Political activity - United States
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Immigrant political incorporation
• ISBN: 1-59332-744-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463018903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)