Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Hartford: The City and Its Politics; 3. Puerto Ricans in Hartford: From Settlement to Collective Behavior; 4. From Collective Behavior to Brokered Representation; 5. From Brokered Representation to Political Mobilization; 6. Identity Politics: The Puerto Rican Political Action Committee of Connecticut; 7. Identity and Power; 8. Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity.
Summary
Identity politics as a positive force in political mobilization and access to power.