Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United StatesNYU Press, 01/03/2007 - 278 من الصفحات Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impoverished, lose social influence, and become marginal to the rest of society? How do they turn things around, increase their wealth, and become better able to successfully influence and defend themselves? |
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... values” (like money but also sex or music or anything else) between different groups that determines which groups develop more power. Put simply, groups have power to the extent that they control values that others need, want, or desire ...
... values possessed by others. We seek rewards from others, avoid punishment from some, and meet our needs for affection, sustenance, and gain from an assortment of other people. What we seek and how we define these relationships gives ...
... value Puerto Ricans. That, in general, is why Puerto Ricans continued to move, though in the long run doing so made them weak. At times, their hopes for more power were misplaced or mistaken. They chose the wrong partner. Migrating to ...
... values. Conservatives claim that they are simply holding individuals accountable for the decisions they've made. They are only partially right about this, however. The problem with the conservative position is that some individuals make ...
... values and others have interests and passions. Agents with values meet or are simply born together with agents with interests. Agents with needs, wants, or desires respond to and can be influenced by agents with the values they seek ...
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The Rise of Radicalism World War II to | 96 |
Puerto Rican Marginalization | 129 |
The Young Lords the Media and Cultural Estrangement | 171 |
Conclusion | 210 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 275 |