Politics of the Rio Grande Valley

Carlos D. Gutierrez-Mannix; Alexandre Couture Gagnon

doi:10.5771/9781666953466

Zusammenfassung

Politics of the Rio Grande Valley: An Insider's Perspective to Regional Politics provides a nuanced understanding of regional politics in Southern Texas. While most research tends to focus on macro and international structures, here Carlos D. Gutierrez-Mannix and Alexandre Couture Gagnon lead and present an in-depth analysis of the region and the social, political and historical contexts in which it developed. Each chapter is written by professors who are specialists in their field and who have extensive knowledge on the politics of the Rio Grande Valley. From a social, historical and political perspective, Politics of the Rio Grande Valley allows the reader to understand how the Rio Grande Valley is a unique region which continues to evolve and which plays an important role in Texas and American Politics.

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Bibliographische Angaben

Copyrightjahr: 2025
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-5345-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-5346-6
Verlag: Lexington, Lanham
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 218
Produkttyp: Sammelband

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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1. Contents Kein Zugriff
2. Tables and Figures Kein Zugriff
3. Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 8
1. Chapter 1: Spanish and Colonias: Symbols of Poverty in the RGV Kein Zugriff
2. Chapter 2: Working in the Shadow of the Wall: The Politics of Low-Wage Work in the Rio Grande Valley Kein Zugriff
3. Chapter 3: Environmental Justice in Laguna Madre: SpaceX Starship Rocket Launches and the Effects on the People, Plants, and Wildlife Kein Zugriff
4. Chapter 4: Social Movements in the Rio Grande Valley: Mapping and Weaving Emancipatory Resistances Kein Zugriff
5. Chapter 5: The Power of One Vote in an Educational Partnership Divorce: A Case Study of the Split of Texas Southmost College and The University of Texas at Brownsville Kein Zugriff
1. Chapter 6: Reining in Migrants: The Spectacle in Del Rio, Texas, and Other Stories of Human Rights Abuses in the Lone Star State Kein Zugriff
2. Chapter 7: Toward Binational Parks: Cross-Border Metropolitan Governance in the Lower Rio Grande / Bravo Twin Cities Kein Zugriff
3. Chapter 8: Brownsville’s Original Sin as a Taint to This City Identity Kein Zugriff
4. Chapter 9: Violence and Crime at the Tamaulipas–Texas Border Kein Zugriff
1. Chapter 10: Assessing Latino Undergraduate Immigration Attitudes in the RGV Kein Zugriff
2. Chapter 11: Co-ethnic Candidates and Border Security Appeals: Does Shared Ethnicity Increase Border Security Approval? Kein Zugriff
Conclusion Kein Zugriff Seiten 205 - 210
Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 211 - 214
About the Authors Kein Zugriff Seiten 215 - 218