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T1 La presencia hispana en el actual Congreso estadounidense
A1 García Conesa, Isabel María
A1 Juan Rubio, Antonio Daniel
K1 Hispanic population
K1 Political presence
K1 Hispanic Congressmen
K1 Hispanic political influence
K1 Committee assignment
K1 Población hispana
K1 Presencia política
K1 Congresistas hispanos
K1 Influencia política de los hispanos
K1 Asignaciones a Comités
K1 Arte
K1 Art
K1 Historia
K1 History
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB In recent times, the Hispanic population of the United States has become a powerful electoral force. Their vote has been historically oriented towards the Democratic Party of the incumbent U.S. President Barack H. Obama. Obviously, this growing electoral strength has been reflected in their political presence in the American life and it has been accomplished with their inclusion in the U.S. Congress. Although in the recent decades several studies on the status of the Hispanic community in the United States have arisen from both sides of the Atlantic, they have been primarily focused on casuistic, demographic, developmental or educational aspects. But only a few of them, if any, has exclusively focused on the numerical and symbolical representation of this community in the political field and, more specifically, on the main legislative body of the country, the Congress.The purpose of this article is precisely to investigate not only the historical presence of Hispanic legislators in the Congress, but also, and especially, their political influence in the present U.S. Congress. After doing an overall analysis of the historical situation of the Hispanic population in the United States, we will focus on the Hispanic presence in the U.S. Congress both along its history, and the current 113th Congress (2013-2015)Finally, and prior to the conclusions drawn throughout the paper, we will analyze the political influence of the Hispanic congressmen in both houses of Congress in the current U.S. legislative political system. As will be described later on, this group has been gradually changing turning from a poor oppressed minority, to one of the most dynamic groups of the country, introduced at all levels of country’s government.
PB Instituto Franklin de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
SN 1889-5611
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/19991
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/19991
LA spa
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024