Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy - Representing the 'Homeland?'

How do the foreign policy priorities of Latino Americans relate to U.S. foreign policy in general and U.S. policy toward Latin America in particular? Public policy elites and the general U.S. public doubt the depth of Latino patriotism, suspecting Latinos of representing their homelands' interests over and above those of the U.S. Through a series of studies surveying Latinos throughout the U.S., this book demonstrates that Latino Americans are more like other Americans with respect to foreign policy than is popularly assumed. At the same time, differences between and among various Latino communities (e.g., those with ties to Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Mexico) exist, and may be a source of growing Latino political power-perhaps more
relevant to domestic politics than to foreign policy.

List of contents

Part 1 Latinos and the National Interest Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Latinos and Foreign Policymaking Chapter 4 Foreign Policy Perspectives of Hispanic Elites Chapter 5 Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies Part 6 Home Country Responses to "Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies" Chapter 7 The Exceptionality of Colombians Chapter 8 The Political Role of Dominicans Residing in th United States Chapter 9 El Salvador's Relations with Salvadoran Emigrants Chapter 10 Relations with the Mexican Diaspora Part 11 Latinos as an Ethnic Lobby: U.S. Perspectives Chapter 12 The Latino Foreign Policy Lobby Chapter 13 Bienvenidos: Latinos and Hemispheric Policy Part 14 Conclusion Chapter 15 Latinos and U.S. - Latin American Relations: Theoretical and Practical Implications

About the author

Edited by Rodolfo O. de la Garza and Harry P. Pachon - Contributions by Fernando Cepeda Ulloa; Jorge I. Domínguez; Peter Hakim; René Antonio León Rodríguez; Gustavo Moha; Manuel Orozco; Adrián Pantoja; Carlos A. Rosales; Peter F. Romero and Bernardo Vega

Product details

• Assisted by: Rodolfo O. De La Garza (Editor), Harry P. Pachon (Editor), Pachon Harry P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2000
• EAN: 9780742501379
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0137-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 223 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies