Contemporary Trends and Determinants of Political Participation

Tuesday, February 28

Readings

  1. Barreto, Matt A. 2010. Ethnic Cues: The Role of Shared Ethnicity in Latino Political Participation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. (Chapter 1: “Assessing the Role of Shared Ethnicity in Latino Political Behavior.” available on Canvas)

  2. Gutierrez, Angela, Angela X. Ocampo, Matt A. Barreto, and Gary Segura. 2019. “Somos Más: How Racial Threat and Anger Mobilized Latino Voters in the Trump Era.” Political Research Quarterly 72(4): 960–75. ( available on Canvas)

For class

Thursday, March 2

Readings

  1. Gershon, Sarah Allen, Adrian D. Pantoja, and J. Benjamin Taylor. 2016. “God in the Barrio?: The Determinants of Religiosity and Civic Engagement among Latinos in the United States.” Politics and Religion 9(1): 84–110. ( available on Canvas)

  2. Marschall, Melissa J., and Amanda Rutherford. 2016. “Voting Rights for Whom? Examining the Effects of the Voting Rights Act on Latino Political Incorporation.” American Journal of Political Science 60(3): 590–606. ( available on Canvas)