Counting on the Latino Vote: Latinos as a New Electorate

by Louis DeSipio

Overview

Latinos, along with other new immigrants, are not being incorporated into U.S. politics as rapidly as their predecessors, raising concerns about political fragmentation along ethnic lines. In Counting on the Latino Vote, Louis DeSipio uses the first national studies of Latinos to investigate whether they engage in bloc voting or are likely to do so in the future.

To understand American racial and ethnic minority group politics, social scientists have largely relied on a black-white paradigm. DeSipio gives a more complex picture by drawing both on the histories of other ethnic groups and on up-to-date but underutilized studies of Hispanics' political attitudes, values, and behaviors. In order to explore the potential impact of Hispanics as an electorate, he analyzes the current Latino body politic and projects the possible voting patterns of those who reside in the United States but do not now vote.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813916606
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	06/29/1996
Series:	Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Louis DeSipio is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the coauthor of Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy and coeditor of Ethnic Ironies: Latino Politics in the 1992 Elections.

What People are Saying About This

Perspectives on Political Science

A significant contribution to the study of Latino political behavior in the United States, this book is full of suggestive themes to be explored further. It will be of great interest to political scientists and scholars of ethnic studies.

From the Publisher

[The book] illuminates an array of important issues and does so thoughtfully. Its findings will be a benchmark in understanding Latino voting, its effect, and its development.

American Political Science Review

[The book] illuminates an array of important issues and does so thoughtfully. Its findings will be a benchmark in understanding Latino voting, its effect, and its development.

Editorial Reviews

Illuminates an array of important issues and does so thoughtfully. Its findings wil be a benchmark in understanding Latino voting, its effect, and its development.

American Political Science Review

Draws on the first national studies of Latinos to investigate whether they engage in bloc voting or are likely to do so in the future, and analyzes current Latino voters as well as possible configurations of those who reside in the US but do not now vote. Concludes that other factors outweigh ethnicity as predictors of Latino voting. Of interest to political scientists and scholars of ethnic studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

A significant contribution to the study of Latino political behavior in the United States, this book is full of suggestive themes to be explored further. It will be of great interest to political scientists and scholars of ethnic studies.

Perspectives on Political Science

"[The book] illuminates an array of important issues and does so thoughtfully. Its findings will be a benchmark in understanding Latino voting, its effect, and its development. "——American Political Science Review

"A significant contribution to the study of Latino political behavior in the United States, this book is full of suggestive themes to be explored further. It will be of great interest to political scientists and scholars of ethnic studies. "——Perspectives on Political Science

From the Publisher