Transforming citizenship [electronic resource] : democracy, membership, and belonging in Latino communities / Raymond A. Rocco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Framing the question of citizenship : membership, exclusionary inclusion, and Latinos in the national political imaginary -- Political theory and constructs of membership: difference and belonging in liberal democracies -- Reconceptualizing citizenship : membership, belonging, and the politics of racialization -- Associative citizenship : civil society, rights claims and expanding the public sphere -- Grounded rights claims : contesting membership and transforming citizenship in Latino urban communities -- Critical theory and the politics of solidarity : contradictions, tensions, and potentiality -- Concluding reflections : contesting membership/transforming Latino citizenship.

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