Hispanics in the United States: An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century

by Engstrom,David

• ISBN13: 9781560004158
• ISBN10: 1560004150
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Hispanics in the United States represents a collective exploration providing a basic foundation of the information available to understand Hispanics in the United States and create an effective policy agenda. Hispanics are projected to be the largest minority group in the United States in the twenty-first century. The contributions define an agenda which will be useful for students, scholars, service practitioners, political activists, as well as policy makers. The opening essays define the diversity of the Hispanic experience in America and put each of the other essays within a larger context.The book is organized into two sections: the first establishes the historical, demographic, religious, and cultural context of Hispanics in the United States. The second describes the major issues facing this population in the American social structure, specifically the areas of health care, the labor market, criminal justice, social welfare, and education. The work concludes with a discussion of the role played by Hispanics in the political life of the nation. The contributors who have demonstrated competence in the areas include: Teresa A.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
Introduction	xi
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
David W. Engstrom
A Demographic Portrait	1	(30)
Teresa A. Sullivan
Hispanic Immigration at the New Millennium	31	(38)
David W. Engstrom
The Language Question	69	(28)
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
The Changing Religious Practice of Hispanics	97	(26)
David Maldonado, Jr.
Hispanics and Education	123	(52)
Melissa Roderick
Hispanics and the American Labor Market	175	(20)
Barry R. Chiswick
Michael E. Hurst
Hispanics and Health Care	195	(42)
Zulema E. Suarez
Hispanics and the Social Welfare System	237	(40)
Katie McDonough
Alvin Korte
Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System	277	(40)
Cruz Reynoso
Hispanics and the Political Process	317	(32)
Christine Marie Sierra
About the Contributors	349	(4)
Index	353