The Latino question [electronic resource] : politics, labouring classes and the next Left / Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos and Rodolfo D. Torres ; foreword by Christine Neumann-Ortiz
- Author
- Ibarra, Armando (Professor)
- Additional Titles
- Politics, labouring classes and the next Left and Politics, laboring classes and the next Left
- Published
- London : Pluto Press, 2018.
- Physical Description
- xv, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Carlos, Alfredo, Torres, Rodolfo D., 1949-, and Neumann-Ortiz, Christine
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- Contents
- Introduction. The Latino question in Latino politics -- "Latinization', classes, and inequality., Chapter one. Mexican mass labor migration in a not-so-changing political economy. Popular immigration theories -- (Neoclassical economic theory -- Social capital theory) -- Empire Theory of Migration: an alternative theory -- The political economy of Mexican migration to the United States -- (Roots of contemporary mass labor migration -- The Mexican miracle -- North American Free Trade Agreement and the neoliberalization of Mexico's economy -- NAFTA's impact on the agricultural sector -- Promised unfulfilled) -- The people push back., Chapter two. Hegemony, war of position and workplace democracy. The changing nature of labor: capitalism and workplace democracy -- Capitalist hegemony and a war of postilion: human nature, culture, and ideology -- Capital, laboring classes, labor unions, and the war of position -- An opportunity to change the nature of labor., Chapter three. Poverty in the valley of plenty: Mexican families and migrant work in California. Into the valley -- The labor camps -- La Jornada -- Migration and destination -- (Post-Bracero generations -- The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) migrant workers -- The NAFTA generation) -- The journey: migration on the season -- With the Orozcos -- Political socialization and identity., Chapter four. Racism, capitalist inequality, and the comparative mode of production. Identity challenges within cooperatives -- Paternalism in a cooperative environment -- Moving beyond a politics of difference -- Racism and the macropolitics of cooperatives -- Cooperatives and a better quality of life -- Cooperatives, a cultural war of postilion, and the formation of Next Left historical bloc -- Neoliberal crises and space for counterhegemony -- Moving from an anti-agenda towards cooperative mode of production., Chapter five. Working but poor in the city of Milwaukee: life stories. Population descriptive -- Employment -- Neighborhoods -- Low-wage immigrant workers -- Survival strategies -- Hope-action-change., Chapter six. Latina/o labor in multicultural Los Angeles. Globlization and the cultural capital of multicultural cuisine -- Labor in the nouvelle restaurant -- Constructing the "Hispanic" fantasy -- California cuisine -- Unions as cultural institutions., Chapter seven. Latino futures? Cultural political economy and alternative futures. The city as a narrative observatory -- Answering the call to action., and Conclusion. Working class Latinos -- The election of Trump -- The Next Left: movement-building for the future.
- Summary
- Offers an analysis of the transformative nature of Latino politics in the US. In an alternative to dominant ideas, the authors emphasize the importance of political economy for understanding Latino politics, culture and social issues. They draw from original research and a number of critical traditions including the thought of Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci, to understand the politics of race and ethnicity in a modern capitalist society. Includes case studies showing how Latino/Chicano communities across the US are not only resisting, but also reinventing and transforming ethnic politics in the age of neoliberalism. --Adapted from publisher description.
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- 9780745335247 (paperback)
9780745335254 (hardback)
9781786800381 (PDF eBook)
9781786800404 (Kindle eBook)
9781786800398 (EPUB eBook) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-211) and index.
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