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Autore: | Rocco Raymond A. |
Titolo: | Transforming citizenship : democracy, membership, and belonging in Latino communities / / Raymond A. Rocco |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.868/073 |
Soggetto topico: | Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity |
Citizenship - United States | |
Political participation - United States | |
Hispanic Americans - Politics and government | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Transforming citizenship |
ISBN: | 1-60917-418-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786415703321 |
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