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List of contents
Introduction: Dominican Migration to the United States and Political Activism 1. Grassroots Organizations and Educational Engagement: The Emergence of Dominican Americans in the U.S. Electoral Arena 2. The Consolidation of Dominican American Political Empowerment in the 2000s: Alliances and Conflicts 3. Latinos/as/xs in U.S. Politics: A Learning Path for Dominican American Political Empowerment 4. The Dominican American Leadership in Their Own Words: Challenges and Accomplishments 5. Dominican American Political Activism in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview Conclusion: The Political Empowerment of Dominican Americans in the Latino/a/x Spectrum
About the author
Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She holds a Ph.D. in political science and sociology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a concentration in political changes in contemporary democracies. Dr. Jiménez Polanco is the author of Los partidos políticos en la República Dominicana: Actividad electoral y desarrollo organizativo and Corrupción y cartelización de la política en la República Dominicana and co-editor of Dominican Politics in the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change. She was granted a PSC-CUNY Award in 2023.
Summary
In this book, Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco examines the politics of empowerment of Dominican Americans in the United States. Covering the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Jiménez Polanco provides a new analytical perspective to understand the political development of a growing ethnic community that has been historically neglected in the studies of Latino/a/x political development and whose peculiar characteristics represent a paradigmatic case that debunks pervading theories about immigrant communities’ participation and representation in U.S. electoral politics. Rich archival research and interviews with key Dominican American leaders and activists shed light on how some patterns followed by Dominican Americans in their political empowerment correspond to those of other Latino/a/x communities, while other patterns distinctly diverge from that common trend. Dominican American Politics: Immigrants, Activists, and Politicians serves as a perfect companion for courses on Latino/a/x and Dominican studies and U.S. ethnic politics.
