Contents
Transnational Workers and the Politics of Citizenship, by Rubén O. Martinez
Foreword, by Suzanne Oboler
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Framing the Question of Citizenship: Membership, Exclusionary Inclusion, and Latinos in the National Political Imaginary
Chapter 2. Political Theory and Constructs of Membership: Difference and Belonging in Liberal Democracies
Chapter 3. Reconceptualizing Citizenship: Membership, Belonging, and the Politics of Racialization
Chapter 4. Associative Citizenship: Civil Society, Rights Claims, and Expanding the Public Sphere
Chapter 5. Grounded Rights Claims: Contesting Membership and Transforming Citizenship in Latino Urban Communities
Chapter 6. Critical Theory and the Politics of Solidarity: Contradictions, Tensions, and Potentiality
Conclusion
Appendix. Methodology: Case Studies, Life Histories, and Ethnographies
Notes
References
Index