Overview

In Transforming Citizenship Raymond Rocco studies the ""exclusionary inclusion"" of Latinos based on racialization and how the processes behind this have shaped their marginalized citizenship status, offering a framework for explaining this dynamic. Contesting this status has been at the core of Latino politics for more than 150 years. Pursuing the goal of full, equal, and just inclusion in societal membership has long been a major part of the struggle to realize democratic normative principles. This illuminating research demonstrates the inherent limitations of the citizenship regime in the United States for incorporating Latinos as full societal members and offers an alternative conception, ""associative citizenship,"" that provides a way to account for and challenge the pattern of exclusionary belonging that has defined the positions of the Latinos in U.S. society. Through a critical engagement with key theorists such as Rawls, Habermas, Kymlicka, Walzer, Taylor, and Young, Rocco advances an original analysis of the politics of Latino societal membership and citizenship, arguing that the specific processes of racialization that have played a determinative role in creating and maintaining the pattern of social and political exclusions of Latinos have not been addressed by the dominant theories of diversity and citizenship developed in the prevalent literature in political theory.

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Author:   Raymond A. Rocco ,  Rocco A Raymond
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
Imprint:   Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9781611861334

ISBN 10:   1611861330
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 July 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Transnational Workers and the Politics of Citizenship, by Rubén O. Martinez Foreword, by Suzanne Oboler Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Framing the Question of Citizenship: Membership, Exclusionary Inclusion, and Latinos in the National Political Imaginary Chapter 2. Political Theory and Constructs of Membership: Difference and Belonging in Liberal Democracies Chapter 3. Reconceptualizing Citizenship: Membership, Belonging, and the Politics of Racialization Chapter 4. Associative Citizenship: Civil Society, Rights Claims, and Expanding the Public Sphere Chapter 5. Grounded Rights Claims: Contesting Membership and Transforming Citizenship in Latino Urban Communities Chapter 6. Critical Theory and the Politics of Solidarity: Contradictions, Tensions, and Potentiality Conclusion Appendix. Methodology: Case Studies, Life Histories, and Ethnographies Notes References Index

Reviews

2014 Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Latino Politics Best Book Prize — 2014 Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Latino Politics Best Book Prize

In this important new book, Raymond Rocco explores with conceptual clarity and originality the meaning of Latino politics and multicultural citizenship. Rocco's intervention revitalizes the study of Chicano/Latino politics as social critique. This is a timely contribution to political theory and citizenship studies--lucid, informed, and insightful. --Rodolfo D. Torres, University of California, Irvine

In this important new book, Raymond Rocco explores with conceptual clarity and originality the meaning of Latino politics and multicultural citizenship. Rocco's intervention revitalizes the study of Chicano/Latino politics as social critique. This is a timely contribution to political theory and citizenship studies--lucid, informed, and insightful. --Rodolfo D. Torres, University of California, Irvine

Author Information

Raymond A. Rocco is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles, USA.

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