Jacqueline Jimenez Polanco

Dominican American Politics

Immigrants, Activists, and Politicians

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco provides a new perspective on the political development of an ethnic community that has been neglected in the studies of Latinx political development and debunks theories about immigrant communities' representation in U.S. electoral politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032814759
• ISBN-10: 1032814756
• Artikelnr.: 71849703

Autorenporträt

Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She holds a Ph.D. in political science and sociology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with a concentration in political changes in contemporary democracies. Dr. Jiménez Polanco is the author of Los partidos políticos en la República Dominicana: Actividad electoral y desarrollo organizativo and Corrupción y cartelización de la política en la República Dominicana and co-editor of Dominican Politics in the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change. She was granted a PSC-CUNY Award in 2023.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Dominican Migration to the United States and Political
Activism 1. Grassroots Organizations and Educational Engagement: The
Emergence of Dominican Americans in the U.S. Electoral Arena 2. The
Consolidation of Dominican American Political Empowerment in the 2000s:
Alliances and Conflicts 3. Latinos/as/xs in U.S. Politics: A Learning Path
for Dominican American Political Empowerment 4. The Dominican American
Leadership in Their Own Words: Challenges and Accomplishments 5. Dominican
American Political Activism in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview
Conclusion: The Political Empowerment of Dominican Americans in the
Latino/a/x Spectrum