Black–Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics: Beyond Conflict or Cooperation - Softcover

Hero, Rodney E.; Preuhs, Robert R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107625440 ISBN 13: 9781107625440

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy group in national politics and the behavior of minority members of Congress, the authors find the relationship between the groups is characterized mainly by non-conflict and a considerable degree of independence. The question of why there appears to be little minority intergroup conflict at the national level of government is also addressed. This is the first systematic study of Black-Latino intergroup relations at the national level of United States politics.

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This is the first systematic study of Black-Latino intergroup relations at the national level of United States politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy groups at the national level and the behavior of minority members of Congress, the authors find the relationship between the groups is characterized mainly by non-conflict and a considerable degree of independence.

About the Author:

Rodney E. Hero is Professor of Political Science and the Haas Chair in Diversity and Democracy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Racial Diversity and Social Capital: Equality and Community in America (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics (2000) and Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Two-Tiered Pluralism (1992), winner of the American Political Science Association's 1993 Ralph J. Bunch award. He is co-author of Latinos in the New Millennium: An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences (Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Robert R. Preuhs is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Metropolitan State College of Denver. His research focuses on representation, state politics, policy and racial/ethnic politics. His research has been published in the American Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107625440
• ISBN 13: 9781107625440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 266