Identity and Power: Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity

Argues that the fragmentation and instability are more likely to occur only when the differences are ignored and nonethnic strategies are employed. This title illustrates this claim by focusing on one group of Puerto Ricans and how they mobilized to demand accountability from political leaders in Hartford, Connecticut.

List of contents

Maps, Tables, and Photos Preface 1. Introduction 2. Hartford: The City and Its Politics 3. Puerto Ricans in Hartford: From Settlement to Collective Behavior 4. From Collective Behavior to Brokered Representation 5. From Brokered Representation to Political Mobilization 6. Identity Politics: The Puerto Rican Political Action Committee of Connecticut 7. Identity and Power 8. Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity Notes Select Bibliography Index

Summary

Argues that the fragmentation and instability are more likely to occur only when the differences are ignored and nonethnic strategies are employed. This title illustrates this claim by focusing on one group of Puerto Ricans and how they mobilized to demand accountability from political leaders in Hartford, Connecticut.

Product details

• Authors: Jose Cruz, Jose E. Cruz
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1998
• EAN: 9781566396059
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-605-9
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 225 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Politics, Society; 27; Politics, Society; 27
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte