La Raza Unida Party: A Chicano Challenge to the U.S. Two-party DictatorshipTemple University Press, 28 Agu 2000 - 360 halaman Over the years, third parties have arisen sporadically to challenge the hegemony of the United States' two major political parties. But not until the emergence of the Raza Unida Party (RUP) in 1970 did an ethnic group organize to fight for political control at the country's ballot boxes. This book, by noted Chicano movement theorist Armando Navarro, is the most comprehensive study of the party ever put together. La Raza Unida Party traces the party from its beginnings in 1970 to its demise in 1981 -- the events, leaders, ideology, structure, strategy and tactics, successes and problems, and electoral campaigns that marked its trajectory. The book covers political organizing in California, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and the Midwest, as well as RUP's national and international politics and its party profile. In addition, its suggests options for future political arena. Based on 161 interviews, access to numerous documents, letters, minutes, diaries, and position papers, as well as such published sources as contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts and campaign literature, the study is enriched by Professor Navarro's accounts of his own experiences as one of the organizers of the RUP in California. La Raza Unida Party represents the culmination of the story of Chicano militancy that Professor Navarro has related in his earlier books. It goes beyond mere history-telling to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of ethnic-identity political parties and the perils of challenging the two-party dictatorship that characterizes U.S. electoral politics. |
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Catalyst for Empowerment The Rise of RUP in Texas 1970 | 21 |
RUPs Expansion Statewide The Beginning of the End 19711974 | 41 |
Victim of the Politics of SelfDestruction The Decline of RUP in Texas 19751978 | 59 |
A Cadre Party of Ultranationalism The Rise and Fall of RUP in Colorado 19701976 | 80 |
The Cucamonga Experiment The Precursor of RUP in California 19681973 | 108 |
A Partido of Clashing Caciques and Ideologies The Rise of RUP in California 19711972 | 134 |
A Casualty of the Viva Yo Generation The Decline of RUP in California 19731981 | 156 |
A Vehicle for SelfDetermination The Rise and Fall of RUP in New Mexico 19711984 | 173 |
Instrument of Change and Service The Rise and Fall of RUP in Arizona 19711974 | 202 |
Pressure Group Service Provider or Partido? The Rise and Fall of RUP in the Midwest and Utah 19721976 | 219 |
Rationale for Expansion RUPs National and International Politics | 231 |
Profile of a Chicano Partido The Unfinished Partido Experiment | 261 |
Prospectus for a New Partido and Movement | 283 |
Notes | 301 |
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