LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political OrganizationUniversity of Texas Press, 2014 M10 14 - 153 páginas The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is one of the best-known and active national organizations that represent Mexican Americans and their political interests. Since its founding in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1929, it has served as a vehicle through which Mexican Americans can strive for equal rights and economic assimilation into Anglo American society. This study is the first comprehensive political history of LULAC from its founding through the 1980s. Márquez explores the group’s evolution from an activist, grassroots organization in the pre– and post–World War II periods to its current status as an institutionalized bureaucracy that relies heavily on outside funding to further its politically conservative goals. His information is based in part on many primary source materials from the LULAC archives at the University of Texas at Austin, the Houston Public Library, and the University LULAC publications, as well as interviews with present and past LULAC activists. Márquez places this history within the larger theoretical framework of incentive theory to show how changing, and sometimes declining, membership rewards have influenced people’s participation in LULAC and other interest groups over time. Ironically, as of 1988, LULAC could claim fewer than 5,000 dues-paying members, yet a dedicated and skillful leadership secured sufficient government and corporate monies to make LULAC one of the most visible and active groups in Mexican American politics. Given the increasing number of interest groups and political action committees involved in national politics in the United States, this case study of a political organization’s evolution will be of interest to a wide audience in the political and social sciences, as well as to students of Mexican American and ethnic studies. |
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... and the League of United Latin American Citizens.” Social Science Journal 28, no. 2 (April 1991). Social Science Quarterly: For material from Márquez, Benjamin, “The Politicsof Race and Class: The League of United Latin American ...
... and the University of Kansas Office of Academic Affairs. I am also grateful for the support of the National Endowment Association during the initial phases of that research. I received the assistance of many individuals. Iam grateful ...
... and the role it plays in political mobilization, long a matter of concern for political scientists, will be examined in detail (Wolfinger 1965; Stone 1985; Preston et al. 1987). Race was a central concept to LULAC ideologists, and ...
... and the question of ideology has received little attention (Barrera 1985; Muñoz 1989). Early studies that documented the range of political goals and platforms within the Mexican American community were largely descriptive in their ...
... and the organization's rewardstructure. Theincentive theory literature helpsusunderstand LULAC's evolutionas an organization because it analyzes the individual's reasons for participation in an organization and the relationship between ...
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Collective Goals and Individual Mobility 19451960 | |
Mobilization and Transition 19601985 | |
The Politics of Survival | |
Conclusion | |
Photographs | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization Benjamin Márquez Vista previa limitada - 1993 |
LULAC: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization Benjamin Márquez Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Lulac: The Evolution of a Mexican American Political Organization Benjamin Márquez Sin vista previa disponible - 1993 |