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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vonderlack-Navarro, Rebecca, 1976-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The New Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Societies, etc.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Political activity--United States.

Mexicans--Political activity--United States.

Mexicans.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

United States.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Mexico.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327446

1593327447

OCLC:

865331843