Latino/a Americans hold the potentially largest swing vote in U.S. elections and are a growing influence on the nation's politics. This diverse group, including Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Central and South Americans, and Caribbean Americans, occupies a role in American society that is quickly exerting a significant impact on electoral and social movements.
Sharon A. Navarro, PhD, is assistant professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. Armando Xavier Mejia is a lecturer in the Chicano/a Studies Program and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
"An excellent reference guide that focuses on the fastest growing and arguably most diverse U.S. ethnic group... [T]his particular volume is an excellent reference for anyone interested in studying Latina/o politics. Highly recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduates and above." - Choice "It is a useful and important contribution to reference collections in public, community college, and college and university libraries." - American Reference Books Annual
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