Politics of the Rio Grande Valley - An Insider''s Perspective to Regional Politics

A regional approach to politics in the U.S., Politics of the Rio Grande Valley: An Insider's Perspective to Regional Politics is the first book of its kind to directly address the intricate factors influencing how southern Texas continues to develop politically.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Spanish and Colonias: Symbols of Poverty in the RGV
Chapter 2 Working in the Shadow of the Wall: The Politics of Low-Wage Work in the Rio Grande Valley
Chapter 3 Environmental Justice in Laguna Madre: SpaceX Starship Rocket Launches and the Effects on the People, Plants and Wildlife
Chapter 4 Social Movements in the Rio Grande Valley: Mapping and Weaving Emancipatory Resistances
Chapter 5 The Power of One Vote in an Educational Partnership Divorce: A Case Study of the Split of Texas Southmost College and The University of Texas at Brownsville
Chapter 6 Reining in Migrants: The Spectacle in Del Rio, Texas and Other Stories of Human Rights Abuses in the Lone Star State
Chapter 7 Towards Binational Parks: Cross-Border Metropolitan Governance in the Lower Rio Grande / Bravo Twin Cities
Chapter 8 Brownsville's Original Sin as a Taint to This City Identity
Chapter 9 Violence and Crime at the Tamaulipas-Texas Border
Chapter 10 Assessing Latino Undergraduate Immigration Attitudes in the RGV
Chapter 11 Co-ethnic Candidates and Border Security Appeals: Does Shared Ethnicity Increase Border Security Approval?

About the author

Carlos D. Gutierrez-Mannix is full time lecturer in the department of political science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Alexandre Couture Gagnon is associate professor in the department of political science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).

Product details

• Authors: Carlos D Couture Gagnon Gutierrez-Mannix, Carlos D. Gagnon Gutierrez-Mannix
• Assisted by: Alexandre Couture Gagnon (Editor), Carlos D Gutierrez-Mannix (Editor), Alexandre Couture Gagnon (Editor), Alexandre Couture Gagnon (Editor), Carlos D Gutierrez-Mannix (Editor), Carlos D. Gutierrez-Mannix (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666953459
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-345-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, United States of America, USA, Regional & area planning, Central / national / federal government policies, Political structure and processes, Central government policies, Regional and area planning