Generational status and Mexican American political participation: The benefits and limitations of assimilation

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 172-184

  Santoro, Wayne A ^a   Segura, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilation; generation; Mexican American; political participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952458148     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912909346738     Document Type: Article

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