Author's Keywords: Keywords: Mobilization, Mexican, Immigration, Urban Politics, Political Machine, Chicago, Houston, Transnational, Latinos, Church, Union, Politicians, State, Political Participation, Nonelectoral, Ethnic, Family, Legalization, Workers Rights, Organization	Convention All Academic Convention makes running your annual conference simple and cost effective. It is your online solution for abstract management, peer review, and scheduling for your annual meeting or convention. Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
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Cano, Gustavo. "Understanding Immigrant Political Mobilization: The Mexican Communities in Chicago and Houston" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66019_index.html>

Cano, G. , 2002-08-28 "Understanding Immigrant Political Mobilization: The Mexican Communities in Chicago and Houston" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66019_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This research seeks to explain, from an organizational standpoint, the causes and mechanisms that have led to different types and levels of political mobilization of Mexican immigrant communities in Houston and Chicago. How and why is political mobilization of Mexican immigrants different in Chicago and Houston? To answer this question I develop an analytical framework that assesses the role of both local and transnational structures in the process of migrant political mobilization. The preliminary results of this research point out that a complete understanding of immigrant political mobilization must simultaneously focus on the relations of Mexican immigrants with relevant political institutions and processes in their 'home' (in this case, Mexico) and 'host' societies (the United States). Moreover, this research suggests that home state engagement with political mobilization in the host country has led to more, and not less political mobilization in the host country. This mobilization will vary significantly based on the context of reception, including the local and state level political institutions. Most scholars of immigrant political mobilization think that it is necessary and sufficient to explain ethnic political mobilization through the analysis of one group, or the interaction among relatively similar ethnic groups, within a specific local context. As a result of my work, I hope they will consider new ways of studying ethnic political mobilization through the inclusion of comparative intra-group perspectives, and through the analysis of simultaneous influence of local-urban and transnational political structures on different groups in their process of non-electoral political mobilization in the American democratic system.

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