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April 2004, Volume 2, Number 1, Pages 4-25
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| Transforming Citizenship: Membership, Strategies of Containment, and the Public Sphere in Latino Communities |
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| Raymond Rocco1 |
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1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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| Dramatic changes in the cultural and racial composition of societies resulting to a considerable degree from the related processes of globalization, restructuring, and transnationalism, have given rise to a significant body of work that focuses on reconceptualizing the nature and meaning of contemporary citizenship. This literature, however, has not for the most part addressed the situation of Latinos in the US. This essay develops a particular conception of citizenship that accounts for the strategies of excluding Latinos from full societal membership. I argue that Latinos have been constructed as perpetual "foreigners" and that only a form of citizenship that transcends this type of political imaginary can foster a more democratic system that addresses the unique position of Latinos in the US. The notion of regional forms of citizenship is advanced as one strategy for promoting a more inclusive and democratic sense of political community in the context of the fundamental changes in the level of economic and political interdependence that characterize contemporary international relations.
Latino Studies (2004) 2, 4-25. doi:10.1057/palgrave.lst.8600058 |
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| citizenship; Latinos; globalization; regionalism; political community; democratization |
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