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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (373 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498549646
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990DDC classification:
  • 305.868/729507470904
LOC classification:
  • F128.9.P85.C789 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990 -- Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990 -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Puerto Rican New York in Context -- Chapter 2 -- Out of the Margins -- Chapter 3 -- 1960-65 -- Chapter 4 -- 1966-69 -- Chapter 5 -- 1970-72 -- Chapter 6 -- 1973-79 -- Chapter 7 -- 1980-85 -- Chapter 8 -- 1986-90 -- Chapter 9 -- Decades End -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book studies Puerto Ricans in New York City, focusing on political elites, to explore the role of ethnic identity in the maintenance and development of urban democracy. It suggests that ethnic identity structures political participation in ways that challenge and affirm liberal democracy and, thus, is a positive force in political development.
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Cover -- Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990 -- Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990 -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Puerto Rican New York in Context -- Chapter 2 -- Out of the Margins -- Chapter 3 -- 1960-65 -- Chapter 4 -- 1966-69 -- Chapter 5 -- 1970-72 -- Chapter 6 -- 1973-79 -- Chapter 7 -- 1980-85 -- Chapter 8 -- 1986-90 -- Chapter 9 -- Decades End -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book studies Puerto Ricans in New York City, focusing on political elites, to explore the role of ethnic identity in the maintenance and development of urban democracy. It suggests that ethnic identity structures political participation in ways that challenge and affirm liberal democracy and, thus, is a positive force in political development.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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