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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... minority political affairssince its inception, LULAC has evolved into oneof the most important ofall Mexican American civil rights organizations. LULACmembers were aggressive defenders of a people with whom theyidentified andwhom ...
... minority group dynamics will be addressed. First, race 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) ...
... minority achieve economic mobility, ethnic solidarity and cohesion beginto breakdown (Dahl 1961; Eisinger1980). As aleading advocate of economic and cultural assimilation, LULAC's political program provides an excellent example of ...
... minority organizations should be able to attract and retain members through appeals to altruism (Barrera 1985; Bayes 1982; Morris 1984). Because problems faced by minorities are so severe, the need tosolve themis a pressing and lasting ...
... minority organizations cannot rely on the existence of racism or group subordination to maintain a viable and active group. As groups mature, purposive rewards are likely to be less effective than solidary and material incentives, which ...
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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 |