Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America

Contested Transformation constitutes the first comprehensive study of racial and ethnic minorities holding elective office in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Building on data from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership (GMCL) National Database and Survey, it provides a baseline portrait of Black, Latino, Asian American, and American Indian elected officials - the women and men holding public office at national, state, and local levels of government. Analysis reveals commonalities and differences across race and gender groups on their backgrounds, paths to public office, leadership roles, and policy positions. Challenging mainstream political science theories in their applicability to elected officials of color, the book offers new understandings of the experiences of those holding public office today. Gains in political leadership and influence by people of color are transforming the American political landscape, but they have occurred within a contested political context, one where struggles for racial and gender equality continue.

Politics & Social Sciences

Pinderhughes, Dianne

Hardy-Fanta, Carol

Lien, Pei-Te

Sierra, Christine Marie

Social Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Contested Transformation constitutes the first comprehensive study of racial and ethnic minorities holding elective office in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Building on data from the Gender and Multicultural Leadership (GMCL) National Database and Survey, it provides a baseline portrait of Black, Latino, Asian American, and American Indian elected officials - the women and men holding public office at national, state, and local levels of government. Analysis reveals commonalities and differences across race and gender groups on their backgrounds, paths to public office, leadership roles, and policy positions. Challenging mainstream political science theories in their applicability to elected officials of color, the book offers new understandings of the experiences of those holding public office today. Gains in political leadership and influence by people of color are transforming the American political landscape, but they have occurred within a contested political context, one where struggles for racial and gender equality continue.

Intersectionality and Politics

Cutting-edge research on the intersection of race, gender, and politics Traditionally, there has been a significant lack of empirical attention given to the ways in which race/ethnicity, gender, and political representation overlap. Intersectionality and Politics is the groundbreaking collection of contemporary research and essays that applies the concept of intersectionality specifically to descriptive and substantive representation by African-American, Latino/a, and Asian-American elected officials. This unique compilation looks at numerous states and focuses on multiple racial/ethnic groups to demonstrate the importance of this theory for understanding the political leadership of people of color and women. Intersectionality and Politics is the wide-ranging text that is both informative overview and thought-provoking analysis of a subject that has received little practical study. Articles in this important text cover a expansive gamutfrom women of color as elected officials and the changing face of leadership in America today to an exploration of the growing interest in intersectionality and a look toward the potential of future researchmaking it a useful and comprehensive one-stop resource. Contributors to Intersectionality and Politics explore critical topics such as: 
<ul>
<li> the contours and context of descriptive representation with a focus on women of color </li>
<li> the puzzle of women of color’s proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures </li>
<li> agenda-setting behavior of African-American female state legislators </li>
<li> the impact of race and gender on the likelihood of legislative bill submission and passage </li>
<li> patterns of gendered representation and related legislative advocacy within Latino delegations in the Southwest </li>
<li> new findings on the Latino/a gender gap </li>
<li> the public policy implications of intersectionality theory </li>
<li> and many more! </li>
</ul>Complete with extensive bibliographies and a wealth of tables and figures to highlight the striking findings, Intersectionality and Politics is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students and educators in political science, ethnic studies, Latino/Black/Asian studies, gender studies, sociology, and women’s studies. Policymakers, politicians, and those working in high-minority areas will also find this to be an invaluable text.

Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States

Reference

Routledge

Cutting-edge research on the intersection of race, gender, and politics Traditionally, there has been a significant lack of empirical attention given to the ways in which race/ethnicity, gender, and political representation overlap. Intersectionality and Politics is the groundbreaking collection of contemporary research and essays that applies the concept of intersectionality specifically to descriptive and substantive representation by African-American, Latino/a, and Asian-American elected officials. This unique compilation looks at numerous states and focuses on multiple racial/ethnic groups to demonstrate the importance of this theory for understanding the political leadership of people of color and women. Intersectionality and Politics is the wide-ranging text that is both informative overview and thought-provoking analysis of a subject that has received little practical study. Articles in this important text cover a expansive gamutfrom women of color as elected officials and the changing face of leadership in America today to an exploration of the growing interest in intersectionality and a look toward the potential of future researchmaking it a useful and comprehensive one-stop resource. Contributors to Intersectionality and Politics explore critical topics such as: 
<ul>
<li> the contours and context of descriptive representation with a focus on women of color </li>
<li> the puzzle of women of color’s proportionately higher percentage of office holding in state legislatures </li>
<li> agenda-setting behavior of African-American female state legislators </li>
<li> the impact of race and gender on the likelihood of legislative bill submission and passage </li>
<li> patterns of gendered representation and related legislative advocacy within Latino delegations in the Southwest </li>
<li> new findings on the Latino/a gender gap </li>
<li> the public policy implications of intersectionality theory </li>
<li> and many more! </li>
</ul>Complete with extensive bibliographies and a wealth of tables and figures to highlight the striking findings, Intersectionality and Politics is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students and educators in political science, ethnic studies, Latino/Black/Asian studies, gender studies, sociology, and women’s studies. Policymakers, politicians, and those working in high-minority areas will also find this to be an invaluable text.

Latino Politics in Massachusetts: Struggles, Strategies and Prospects (Race and Politics)

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Engineering & Transportation

Gerson, Jeffrey

Automotive

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Through an in-depth study of the Latino community in Boston, Carol hardy-Fanta addressees three key debates in American politics: how to look at the ways in which women and men envision the meaning of politics and political participation; how to understand culture and the political life of expanding immigrant populations; and how to create a more participatory America. The author's interviews with Latinos from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Central and South America and her participation in community events in North Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and the South End document the often ignored contribution of Latina women as candidates, political mobilizers, and community organizers. Hardy-Fanta examines critical gender differences in how politics is defined, what strategies Latina women and Latino men use to generate political participation, and how culture and gender interact in the political empowerment of the ethic communities. Hardy-Fanta challenges the notion of political apathy among Latinos and presents factors that stimulate political participation. She finds that the vision of politics promoted by Latina women―one based on connectedness, collectivity, community, and consiousness-raising―contrasts sharply with a male political concern for status, hierarchy, and personal opportunity.

Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston

Temple University Press

Through an in-depth study of the Latino community in Boston, Carol hardy-Fanta addressees three key debates in American politics: how to look at the ways in which women and men envision the meaning of politics and political participation; how to understand culture and the political life of expanding immigrant populations; and how to create a more participatory America. The author's interviews with Latinos from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Central and South America and her participation in community events in North Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and the South End document the often ignored contribution of Latina women as candidates, political mobilizers, and community organizers. Hardy-Fanta examines critical gender differences in how politics is defined, what strategies Latina women and Latino men use to generate political participation, and how culture and gender interact in the political empowerment of the ethic communities.
 Hardy-Fanta challenges the notion of political apathy among Latinos and presents factors that stimulate political participation. She finds that the vision of politics promoted by Latina women?one based on connectedness, collectivity, community, and consiousness-raising?contrasts sharply with a male political concern for status, hierarchy, and personal opportunity.

History

Americas

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Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America

Contested Transformation: Race, Gender, and Political Leadership in 21st Century America

Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States

Intersectionality and Politics

Latino Politics in Massachusetts: Struggles, Strategies and Prospects (Race and Politics)

Intersectionality and Politics: Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States

Latino Politics in Massachusetts: Struggles, Strategies and Prospects (Race and Politics)

Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston

Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston