GOVT 4283 - Latino Politics as Racial Politics

(crosslisted) AMST 4283, LSP 4283
(HB) (SBA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

S. Garcia-Rios.

This class will examine the history and contemporary role of Latinos as a minority group in the U.S. political system. This course is intended as an overview of the political position of Latinos y Latinas in the United States. We place special emphasis on how Latinos became racial group which allows us to focus on political relationships between Latinos and non-Latinos as they relate to political institutions, political parties, voting coalitions, representation and public policy.