{"product_id":"the-politics-of-patronage-lawyers-philanthropy-and-the-mexican-american-legal-defense-and-educational-fund-hardback-9781477323298","title":"The Politics of Patronage; Lawyers, Philanthropy, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Hardback) 9781477323298","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Patronage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLawyers, Philanthropy, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund\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\"\u003e9781477323298, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eProgressive support for undocumented Americans…is only recent. Not only were unions slow to come around, powerful philanthropic foundations resisted attempts by organizers to defend the undocumented. This story is played out in excruciating detail in [\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Patronage\u003c\/i\u003e].\u003c\/div\u003e (3Streams) \u003cdiv\u003eMÁrquez has written a well-researched, well-documented study…[MÁrquez] has successfully argued that Ford Foundation funding translated into less power for MALDEF lawyers. Despite a stark contrast between community members and community interests versus MALDEF, the book details MALDEF’s critical achievements fostering Latinx political empowerment both because of Ford’s funding and in spite of Ford’s control.\u003c\/div\u003e (Southwestern Historical Quarterly) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Patronage\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking source for scholars of Mexican American civil rights and legal history...Marquez’s book successfully inserts MALDEF into the historical cannon alongside other important civil rights groups of the twentieth century, where it rightfully belongs.\u003c\/div\u003e (Western Historical Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCo-winner, Latino Politics Best Book Award, American Political Science Association\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book about the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the influential work it has done for the Latina\/o community, and the issues stemming from its dependence on large philanthropic organizations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Founded in 1968, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the Latino equivalent to the NAACP: a source of legal defense for the Latina\/o community in cases centered on education, state immigration laws, redistricting, employment discrimination, and immigrant rights. Unlike the NAACP, however, MALDEF was founded by Mexican American activists in conjunction with the larger philanthropic structure of the Ford Foundation-a relationship that has opened it up to controversy and criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In the first book to examine this little-known but highly influential organization, Benjamin MÁrquez explores MALDEF’s history and shows how it has thrived and served as a voice for the Latina\/o community throughout its six decades of operation. But he also looks closely at large-scale investments of the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and others, considering how their ties to MALDEF have influenced Mexican American and Latinx politics. Its story crafted from copious research into MALDEF and its benefactors, this book brings to light the influence of outside funding on the articulation of minority identities and the problems that come with creating change through institutional means. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChapter One: Cause Lawyers, Foundations, and Social Movements\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: A Legal Defense Fund for Mexican Americans\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: The Chicano Movement\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Building a Better Organization\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: The Docket\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\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":52590967193880,"sku":"9781477323298","price":33.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-patronage-lawyers-philanthropy-and-the-mexican-american-legal-defense-and-educational-fund-hardback-9781477323298","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}