Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy articles from January 1 2004

Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy archives from January 1 2004

Editor's remarks.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... The Latino community has now had more than one year to reflect on the U.S. Census Bureau's January 2003 announcement that Latinos surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group in the United States. The changing demographics have served as a...

Across the spectrum: shining Latino leadership in the states.(Pete P. Gallego)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Interview with the Lone Star State's Pete P. Gallego State Representative (D-Alpine) and Chairman of the House Mexican American Legislative Caucus Representative Gallego (D-Alpine) is a seven-term member of the Texas House of...

Across the spectrum: shining Latino leadership in the states.(Manuel Prieguez)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Interview with the Sunshine State's Manuel Prieguez State Representative (R-Miami) and Chairman of the House Business Regulation Committee Representative Prieguez serves the people of Miami by representing House District 113 to the Florida...

Crafting an American agenda for Hispanics and for the nation.(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Interview with Congressman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Congressman Menendez is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Party organization that brings together for deliberation and decision...

Launching policy initiatives that improve Latinos' lives.(Bill Richardson)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... Interview with Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico Bill Richardson was elected governor of New Mexico in 2002 by the largest margin of any candidate since 1964. During his first year in office, he made good on his campaign promises to...

The local framing of Latino educational policy.(Report)
January 1, 2004... Abstract In many parts of the country, Latino newcomers are encountering educational policies that were framed by non-Latino local leaders. This study, an ethnography of educational policy, depicts an unorthodox assemblage of policy...

Health disparities: a growing challenge in the Latino community.(Report)
January 1, 2004... Abstract The landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare" was published in 2002 and brought national attention to a quality chasm plaguing our public health...

Demography and political influence: disentangling the Latino vote.
January 1, 2004... Abstract We investigate the relationship between Latino demographic growth and their rising political influence over the last decade in the nation and seven specific states. We find that the steady and sustained increase in demographic...

Hispanics in graduate education: advancing the next generation.(Report)
January 1, 2004... It is a national imperative that we raise the level of educational attainment of Hispanic Americans. In the face of the major demographic shifts that we have seen over the last 20 years and that will continue into the foreseeable future, the...

Access to procurement and capital opens doors for Latino businesses.(Report)
January 1, 2004... Introduction Despite the U.S. Hispanic community's purchasing power of $600 billion and a population of more than 38 million, major obstacles to the growth of Hispanic entrepreneurship continue to center around a lack of access to equity...

Strategies for increasing Latinos' media access.(Report)
January 1, 2004... Despite the well-documented growth of the Latino community as a political and market force within the United States over the last four decades, Latinos entered the 21st century with a lower level of media access and representation than when...

Defense of social justice: Latino physicians as a means to reduce disparities.(Report)
January 1, 2004... Disparities in clinical care and health outcomes for Latinos are a significant public health problem in the United States. As a result of the difficulties many Latinos face in accessing health services, Latinos are more vulnerable to...

Redefining our notions of race: Ian F. Haney Lopez's Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justic.
January 1, 2004... (Belknap Press 2003) The Chicano civil rights movement in the United States is generally seen as a reformation of Mexican identity emphasizing reclamation of pride in the racial and cultural roots of Mexicans. (1) In his book Racism on...

Inter-group affairs in the United States: Tatcho Mindiola, Jr., Yolanda Flores Niemann, and Nestor Rodriguez's Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes.
January 1, 2004... (University of Texas Press 2002) The volume Black-Brown Relations and Stereotypes offers six compelling case studies that corroborate past research on group race relations as well as comparative ethnic relations. In important and...

Defining the Problem: Martin G. Urbina's Capital Punishment and Latino Offenders: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Death Sentences.
January 1, 2004... (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC 2003) In Capital Punishment and Latino Offenders: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Death Sentences, Martin G. Urbina ambitiously attempts to provide a history of race and ethnic relations vis-a-vis the criminal...

Inside the Beltway.
January 1, 2004... The following are two important proposals affecting the Latino community to watch out for in the upcoming months. HJHP does not have a position on these issues. Rather, we seek to provide our readers with basic information and let them decide...

On the Web: HJHP's picks for the year's best HJHP editorial committee.(Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy)(Website list)
January 1, 2004... United States Census Bureau--Hispanic Population of the United States http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html In step with this year's HJHP theme, Strength in Numbers, the editorial staff selects the U.S. Census...