Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960–1990

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av José E. Cruz, State University of New York) Cruz, Jose E. (University at Albany

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Using Puerto Rican politics in New York City as a case study, particularly focusing on political elites, Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960–1990 argues that ethnic identity is a positive force in political development. José E. Cruz suggests that in using ethnic identity to claim and exercise social and civil rights, to pursue representation, and to access resources and benefits, Puerto Ricans sustained and enriched liberal democracy in New York City. This book shows how in carrying out politics in this way, Puerto Rican political elites placed themselves out of the margins and into the mainstream of city politics as significant contributors to urban democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-07-21
Mått159 x 237 x 33 mm
Vikt748 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor372
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498549639

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ContentsList of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 — Puerto Rican New York in ContextChapter 2 — Out of the MarginsChapter 3 — 1960-1965: Out of the Political Game?Chapter 4 — 1966-1969: A Little Bit of EverythingChapter 5 — 1970-1972: ¿La Comunidad en Marcha?Chapter 6 — 1973-1979: Despite Everything, We are InChapter 7 — 1980-1985: If There Were More of UsChapter 8 — 1986-1990: Déjà Vu All Over AgainChapter 9 — Decades EndBibliographyAbout the Author

Dr. José E. Cruz has taken, head on, a controversial subject in attempting to better interpret Puerto Rican political history and its evolution from a uniquely diasporic perspective. The narrative represents a major advance in how we conceptualize and understand U.S. Puerto Rican politics in particular and ethnic politics in general. It creates a high standard by which future work in this area will be measured.