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Author Vonderlack-Navarro, Rebecca, 1976- author.

Title Immigrant political incorporation : the role of hometown associations / Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro
Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 221 pages .)
Series The New Americans: recent immigration and American society
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Immigrants -- United States -- Societies, etc
Immigrants -- Political activity -- United States
Mexicans -- Political activity -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Immigrants -- Political activity
Immigrants -- Societies, etc.
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Subject Mexico
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781593327446
1593327447