Latinos and U.S. Foreign Policy Representing the 'Homeland?'

by de la Garza, Rodolfo O.; Pachon, Harry P.; Cepeda Ulloa, Fernando; Domínguez, Jorge I.; Hakim, Peter; León Rodríguez, René Antonio; Moha, Gustavo; Orozco, Manuel; Pantoja, Adrián; Rosales, Carlos A.; Romero, Peter F.; Vega, Bernardo

• ISBN13: 9780742501379
• ISBN10: 074250137X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Public policy elites and the general U.S. public doubt the depth of Latino patriotism, suspecting Latinos of representing their homelands' interests over and above those of the U.S. Through a series of studies surveying Latinos throughout the U.S., this book demonstrates that Latino Americans are more like other Americans with respect to foreign policy than is popularly assumed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Part I Latinos and the National Interest	1	(18)
Introduction	3	(16)
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Part II Latinos and Foreign Policymaking	19	(84)
Foreign Policy Perspectives of Hispanic Elites	21	(22)
Harry P. Pachon
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Adrian D. Pantoja
Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies	43	(60)
Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Harry P. Pachon
Manuel Orozco
Adrian D. Pantoja
Part III Home Country Responses to ``Family Ties and Ethnic Lobbies''	103	(28)
The Exceptionality of Colombians	105	(8)
Fernando Cepeda Ulloa
The Political Role of Dominicans Residing in the United States	113	(8)
Bernardo Vega
El Salvador's Relations with Salvadoran Emigrants	121	(4)
Rene Leon
Relations with the Mexican Diaspora	125	(6)
Gustavo Mohar
Part IV Latinos as an Ethnic Lobby: U.S. Perspectives	131	(14)
The Latino Foreign Policy Lobby	133	(4)
Peter Hakim
Carlos A. Rosales
Bienvenidos: Latinos and Hemispheric Policy	137	(8)
Peter F. Romero
Part V Conclusion	145	(14)
Latinos and U.S.-Latin American Relations: Theoretical and Practical Implications	147	(12)
Jorge I. Dominguez
Index	159	(10)
About the Contributors	169