How Long to Read Latino Student Politics

How Long Does it Take to Read Latino Student Politics?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Latino Student Politics by Daisy Isabel Verduzco Reyes

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Description

My dissertation examines the process of constructing and expressing identities in Latino student organizations on three different college campuses: a private liberal arts college, a public research university, and a public teaching university. My research responds to concerns raised in several literatures including: Social Movements, Organizations, the Stratification of Higher Education, and Racial-Ethnic Identities. To understand processes of identity construction, I conducted 20 months of ethnographic fieldwork observations at six different organizations (two organizations on each campus). I observed meetings and special events at both explicitly political and nonpolitical organizations at each campus. Using this ethnographic data, 72 in-depth interviews and 78 surveys with organizational members, I develop an understanding of 1) how different types of universities --varying in resources, diversity, size, and selectivity - shape the Latino student organizations that emerge on campus; 2) how several student organizations provide distinct visions of Latino identities; 3) how groups draw boundaries for membership into a Latino organization; 4) how groups define the Latino community and its concerns; and 5) how organizational and institutional contexts influence how Latinos see themselves and their actions. This research has academic relevance to scholars of Social Movements and Race and Ethnicity, who are concerned with processes of identity construction, and offers process-oriented treatment of student life for scholars of Education. Campus administrators who work to create diversity will find practical relevance. Each chapter addresses both theoretical and substantive issues: in the first chapter I discuss the history of Latino organizing on campuses during the Chicano Movement. Current college environments reflect the institutionalization of that Movement's demands. I discuss the contemporary context in which Latino students organize. I describe my methodological approach and each campus, organizational site, and their histories, in chapter two, University and Organizational Contexts. I provide a demographic profile of each organization's membership and elaborate on the subcultures of each organization including the use of language and clothing styles. In chapter three, Embedded Affinity Groups: How Institutional Contexts shape Latino Student Organizations, I argue that university structures and resources affect what Latino student organizations do, the functions they serve in students' lives, and their reaction to and participation in issues outside of campus. Universities give student groups recognition, space and money because they integrate individual Latinos on campus and contribute broadly to student life by making cultural diversity more visible. Institutional support comes with expectations and can shape, bound, and constraint what groups do. The campus organizations that receive the least institutional support are most likely to engage in political action on an off campus, while those which receive the most institutional support are least likely to venture into contentious politics. This chapter outlines how institutional support and expectations vary across three contexts and contour the process of forming an ethnic organization. In chapter four, Ethnic Boundaries, Labels and Identities, I examine how institutional environments can influence the way Latino organizations and students construct and experience ethno-racial boundaries and identity labels. Issues related to of commuter population and diversity influence the use of panethnic labels and the creation of ethnic boundaries. Each organization offers distinct visions of social and political commitments to a Latino community. In chapter five, Organizational Approaches to Helping Latinos, I address how each organization purports to help and improve the lives of Latinos. This chapter examines students' understandings of opportunities for Latinos on campus and in society at large. I identify three strategies for helping Latinos: personal, professional and political. Each organization and its members subscribe to a mix of these strategies.

How long is Latino Student Politics?

Latino Student Politics by Daisy Isabel Verduzco Reyes is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Latino Student Politics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Latino Student Politics aloud.

What Reading Level is Latino Student Politics?

Latino Student Politics is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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