Description
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9781611861334
Author Raymond A. Rocco
Format Paperback
Page Count 278
Imprint Michigan State University Press
Publisher Michigan State University Press