Overview
- Demonstrates that Latino partisanship is less of a rational calculation of issue preference and more of a psychological process related to group identity
- Dispels the notion that Latinos are a "single issue public" whose primary concern is immigration
- Shows that Latinos espouse multiple identities rather than choosing one social or national identity over another
- Develops a measure of Latino pan-ethnic identity as the building block for political attitudes and behavior
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This book explores the forces that shape Latino political preferences, arguing that social identities are at the center of Latino partisanship. Despite hopes of the Republican Party for bringing in Latinos through religious and moral issues, Latinos in America consistently side with the Democratic Party. Two possible explanations based on social identity emerge as theories of Latino partisanship. The first possibility is that Latinos behave as a single-issue public driven politically by the issue of immigration. A thorough exploration of this possibility in part two of the book finds very little evidence to justify treating Latinos as a single-issue public. The second explanation, presented in part three, relies more heavily on the concept of social identities. Latino pan-ethnic identity emerges as one of multiple identities available to Latinos in America. These multiple, diverse, and overlapping identities are the force behind Latino partisanship. Latino ethnic identity trumps the impact of religious identities in making Latinos more Democratic.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Latinos and the American Political Landscape
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Latinos, Identity, Parties and Immigration: Juntos Pero No Revueltos (Together, But Not Mixed Up)
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Latinos and Their Sociopolitical Identities
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Reviews
“Angel Saavedra Cisneros’s timely book Latino Identity and Political Attitudes: Why Are Latinos Not Republican? (henceforth LIPA) provides a framework to have an enlightened discussion about the future of the political identity of Latinos in the United States. … LIPA was written for experts who focus their research on Latino social and political identities. However, LIPA provides the casual reader with a nice introduction to the corpus of literature about Latino social identity and political behavior.” (J. S. Onésimo Sandoval, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (6), April, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Angel Saavedra Cisneros is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA. His research focuses on the psychological forces that drive political behavior among Latinos and other minorities. He also focuses on campaigns and elections in both the United States and Mexico.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Latino Identity and Political Attitudes
Book Subtitle: Why Are Latinos Not Republican?
Authors: Angel Saavedra Cisneros
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33969-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33968-9Published: 10 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81643-2Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33969-6Published: 31 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 285
Topics: Electoral Politics, Latin American Politics, Public Policy, Ethnicity Studies, Political Sociology, Self and Identity