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Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2011
Print publication year:
2010
Online ISBN:
9780511933929

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This book argues that Latino representation in US legislative institutions is shaped not only by demographics but by legislative institutional design, as well as elite-driven methods, features of the electoral system, and the increasing mainstreaming of Latinos in American society. The election of Latino legislators in the United States is thus complex and varied. This book provides evidence on how successful Latinos have been in winning state legislative and congressional districts in which they have no natural advantage. In particular, this book demonstrates that Latino candidates benefit from higher percentages of Latino citizens in the state, more liberal citizenries and citizen legislatures. Jason Casellas argues that the legislatures most conducive to the election of Latino candidates are Florida, New Mexico and California, whereas the least conducive are the US House and New York.

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“Jason Casellas’s excellent book provides badly needed information and analysis of the representation of the country’s largest and fastest-growing minority group. Casellas’s study of Latino representation raises the bar as it includes not just Congress but state legislatures and approaches the topic from multiple directions.”
—David Lublin, American University

“Casellas has written the first truly comprehensive study of Latino representation in American politics. He combines rigorous quantitative analysis with elite interviews in his examination of Latino representation in multiple levels of government. As a result, readers will gain as thorough an understanding of this subject as one book can provide.”
—Rene Rocha, University of Iowa

“Jason Casellas has gone where few Latino politics scholars dare to tread—into American political institutions. In so doing, he offers a sober assessment of the process of minority political representation which is a complex product of redistricting and voting rights enforcement, electability, and self-image. It is an important addition to how we understand minorities in public office.”
—Gary M. Segura, Stanford University

“Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority in the United States. This path-breaking study of Latino representation in Congress and statehouses offers a thorough analysis of a topic of great national importance. The book fills a major void in existing literatures on race and ethnic representation, American politics, and legislative studies. It is a appropriate for policymakers as well as graduate and undergraduate students. I highly recommend it for classroom adoptions.”
—Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt University

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