Hispanic Americans and Politics
- Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy (2009+)Abstracts available 1992+
Publication history: Journal of Hispanic Politics (until 1985); Journal of Hispanic Policy (until 1991) - Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural AmericaCall Number: UCF Main Library General Collection -- E184.A1G14 2014Entries include: Settlement in the United States; Culture & Assimilation; Family & Community Life; Employment & Economic Conditions; Politics & Government
- Latino Political Participation and Representation in Elective OfficeCRS Report - July 16, 2002
"Discusses origins and growth of Hispanic population within the U.S., and their participation in national elections and representation among elected officials. Provides data on Hispanics' voting participation and patterns in Presidential elections and names of Hispanic Members of the 107th Congress." - Hispanic Americans in Congress (U.S. House of Representatives)"This Web site, based on the book Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822–2012, contains biographical profiles of former Hispanic Members of Congress, links to information about current Hispanic Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Hispanic Members of Congress, and images of each individual Member, including rare photos."
Journal Articles and Databases
- Political Science Database (ProQuest) (1985+)"ProQuest Political Science gives users access to hundreds of leading political science and international relations journals, providing full-text of many core titles indexed in Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. In addition, over a thousand recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics are included, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources."
- Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Hispanic Organizations
- Congressional Hispanic Conference"The Congressional Hispanic Conference seeks to emphasize both national and international issues that have a significant impact on the Hispanic community in the United States."
- LULAC -- League of United Latin American Citizens"LULAC is the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 1,000 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups."
- National Association of Latino Elected & Appointed Officials (NALEO)"Established in 1976, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) is a 501(c)(4) nonpartisan membership organization whose constituency includes the nation’s more than 6,000 elected and appointed Latino officials."
- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)"The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans."