John Francis Burke

Mestizo Democracy

The Politics of Crossing Borders

Buch

It can come as no surprise that the ethnic makeup of the American population is rapidly changing. In this volume, John Francis Burke offers a mestizo theory of democracy and traces its implications for public policy. Mestizo, meaning mixture, is a term from the Mexican socio-political experience that represents a blend of indigenous, African, and Spanish genes and cultures in Latin America in which the influences of these cultures remain identifiable but interact with each other in dynamic ways. Burke analyzes democratic theory and multiculturalism to develop a model for effectively dealing with cultural diversity. He applies this model to of… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-58544-346-8
EAN: 9781585443468
Produktnummer: 1679700
Verlag: Texas A & M University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 494 g
Abbildungen: bibliography, index
Gewicht: 494
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

John Francis Burke is a professor of political science and chair of the department at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He is an active lay minister in a Houston Catholic parish characterized by diversity. With a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, he brings strong training in western political philosophy and religious studies to his study of mestizo culture in the United States..