{"product_id":"democratizing-texas-politics-race-identity-and-mexican-american-empowerment-1945-2002-paperback-softback-9781477302156","title":"Democratizing Texas Politics; Race, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945-2002 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477302156","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocratizing Texas Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945-2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Márquez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477302156, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e255 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w photos, 9 charts-graphs, 8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Outstanding Book Award, NACCS Tejas Foco Award for Non-Fiction, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas, 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the beginning of the twenty-first century, Texas led the nation in the number of Latino officeholders, despite the state’s violent history of racial conflict. Exploring this and other seemingly contradictory realities of Texas’s political landscape since World War II, \u003ci\u003eDemocratizing Texas Politics\u003c\/i\u003e captures powerful, interrelated forces that drive intriguing legislative dynamics. These factors include the long history of Mexican American activism; population growth among Mexican American citizens of voting age; increased participation among women and minorities at state and national levels in the Democratic Party, beginning in the 1960s; the emergence of the Republican Party as a viable alternative for Southern conservatives; civil rights legislation; and the transition to a more representative two-party system thanks to liberal coalitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCulling extensive archival research, including party records and those of both Latino activists and Anglo elected officials, as well as numerous interviews with leading figures and collected letters of some of Texas’s most prominent voices, Benjamin MÁrquez traces the slow and difficult departure from a racially uniform political class to a diverse one. As Texas transitioned to a more representative two-party system, the threat of racial tension and political exclusion spurred Mexican Americans to launch remarkably successful movements to ensure their incorporation. The resulting success and dilemmas of racially based electoral mobilization, embodied in pivotal leaders such as Henry B. Gonzalez and Tony Sanchez, is vividly explored in \u003ci\u003eDemocratizing Texas Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Mexican Americans and Social Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. The 1950s-A Decade in Flux\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. The Dilemmas of Ethnic Solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. The Quiet Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. A Two-Party State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. Tony SÁ\u003cbr\u003enchez for Governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. The Long and Grinding Road Bibliography Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589078905112,"sku":"9781477302156","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democratizing-texas-politics-race-identity-and-mexican-american-empowerment-1945-2002-paperback-softback-9781477302156","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}