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Sheds new light on the process of political identity formation through a study of the identity politics practiced by four major Mexican American political organizations

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• 1. Mexican-American Organizations and Identity Politics
• 2. Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Social Movement Organizations
• 3. Voces Unidas: The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
• 4. Standing for the Whole: The Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation Network
• 5. Aquí Se Habla Dinero: The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce
• 6. One Dream, Many Voices: The Mexican American Women's National Association
• 7. Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index

About the Author

Benjamin Marquez is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous books include LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization.

Reviews

"Marquez has produced a valuable study of political diversity among Mexican American interest groups. His work exposes the fault of equating Mexican American--and by extension, I think, any other--ethnicity with any specific, much less a uniquely radical, political ideology." Sidney Plotkin, Professor of Political Science, Vassar College