Figures of the Future Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change

Name: Figures of the Future
Author: Michael Rodriguez-Muniz

Auteur: Michael Rodriguez-Muniz

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Michael Rodriguez-Muniz

Engels
Paperback
9780691259130
04 juni 2024
312 pagina's

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An in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using ethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present

For years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation—one that will purportedly change the “face” of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, Figures of the Future explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups.

Based on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this book investigates how several of the most prominent of these organizations—including UnidosUS (formerly NCLR), the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino—have mobilized demographic data about the Latino population in dogged pursuit of political recognition and influence. In census promotions, get-out-the-vote campaigns, and policy advocacy, this knowledge has been infused with meaning, variously serving as future-oriented sources of inspiration, emblems for identification, and weapons for contestation. At the same time, Rodríguez-Muñiz considers why these political actors have struggled to translate this demographic growth into tangible political gain and how concerns about white backlash have affected how they forecast demographic futures.

Figures of the Future looks closely at the politics surrounding ethnoracial demographic changes and their rising influence in U.S. public debate and discourse.

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Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 juni 2024
Aantal pagina's: 312
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Hoofdauteur: Michael Rodriguez-Muniz
Hoofduitgeverij: Princeton University Press

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Politiek

Sociale groepen

Sociologie

Politieke controle & Vrijheid

Etnische studies

Bevolking & Demografie

Burgerrechten

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Taal: Engels
Beschikbaarheid: Te reserveren
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