Reviews
If you have been looking for a textbook to use in an introductory course on U.S. Latino Politics, stop looking. Lisa Garcia Bedolla’s Latino Politics is the book to use. It seamlessly weaves together theoretical and substantive issues in an eloquent way that carries the narrative forward ensuring that the reader never bogs down. But the genuine brilliance of the book is its transnational lens that allows it to go beyond the typical analysis of Latino politics.
Héctor Perla Jr. University of California, Santa Cruz
Bedolla has given us the determinant must-have resource for any student of Latino politics. Insightful, theoretically sophisticated, well-researched, but also highly accessible, this book provides the most careful and complete analysis of Latinos’ political diversity, and of their growing significance in American politics.
Arlene Dávila, New York University
Latino Politics is a superb introduction to Latinos, race, immigration in the United States. Exceptionally clear and cogent, García-Bedolla’s text is an excellent primer on Latinos in the 21st century, placing distinct national-origin groups in the context of their immigration history and structural constraints without losing sight of individual agency.
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University
In this ambitious volume, García Bedolla covers significant historical and theoretical ground, exploring the experiences of five Latino national-origin groups. It skillfully connects US domestic politics with US foreign and economic policies in Latin America, providing readers with a more complete understanding of the factors driving Latino US migration and political incorporation. This book is a must-read for students in sociology, political science, ethnic studies, and those interested in understanding the politics of immigration, immigrants, and the future of US politics.
Beatriz Manz, University of California, Berkeley