With depth and nuance Garcia Bedolla explores how the dynamics of immigrationhave affected political socialization attitudes and practices as well aslevels of p... » 

With depth and nuance Garcia Bedolla explores how the dynamics of immigrationhave affected political socialization attitudes and practices as well aslevels of political participation among Latinos and Latinas in Los Angeles. Inso doing she has produced an important and insightful contribution to thestudy of Latinao politics.Edwina BarvosaCarter Assistant Professor ofSocial and Political Theory Department of Chicanao Studies UC Santa BarbaraDrawing upon an impressive number of indepth interviews Lisa Garcia Bedollaintriguingly demonstrates how Latino perceptions of social stigma shapecollective identities social networks and forms of political mobilization.Her respondents engage questions about political marginality and empowerment incomplex and nuanced ways that strikingly reveal how class gender andgeneration constitute significant categories of difference among Latinos.Michael Omi coauthor of Racial Formation in the United StatesFluid Borders is an important book in the evolving literature on Latinopolitics and race and politics. Using both quantitative and qualitativemethods Garcia Bedolla details the attitudes and actions of two contrastingLatino communities in Los Angeles. Never losing sight of the visible classdifferences that exist between the two communities Garcia Bedolla alsoexplores other significant factors such as collective identity foreignbornstatus and political socialization in what is truly an insightfulintersectional analysis. Through her lucid writing and interviews GarciaBedolla provides the reader with depth and texture greatly enhancing ourunderstanding of Latino politics.Cathy Cohen author ofThe Boundaries ofBlackness AIDS and the Breakdown of Black PoliticsFluid Borders is a rich and fascinating book overturning many of thepreconceptions social scientists have held about the relationship betweeneconomic and linguistic assimilation and political mob «