Latinos in the New Millennium: An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy PreferencesLatinos in the New Millennium is a comprehensive profile of Latinos in the United States: looking at their social characteristics, group relations, policy positions and political orientations. The authors draw on information from the 2006 Latino National Survey (LNS), the largest and most detailed source of data on Hispanics in America. This book provides essential knowledge about Latinos, contextualizing research data by structuring discussion around many dimensions of Latino political life in the US. The encyclopedic range and depth of the LNS allows the authors to appraise Latinos' group characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and their views on numerous topics. This study displays the complexity of Latinos, from recent immigrants to those whose grandparents were born in the United States. |
Contents
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2 A Demographic Profile of Latinos in the United States | 29 |
3 Core Values | 56 |
4 Latino Identities | 76 |
5 Latino Transnationalism | 101 |
6 Intergroup Relations | 143 |
7 Civic Engagement | 188 |
8 Latino Media and Technology Usage | 231 |
9 Voter Registration Turnout and Choice | 248 |
10 Evolving Patterns and Preferences in Latino Partisanship | 277 |
11 Latinos and Gender Role Attitudes | 319 |
12 Latino Issues and Policy Preferences | 345 |
13 Hope and Reality in Latino Educational Attainment | 386 |
14 Latinos and the Future of American Politics | 406 |
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