{"product_id":"figures-of-the-future-michael-rodrguez-muiz-9780691199467","title":"Figures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation--one that will purportedly change the \"face\" of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodr guez-Mu iz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, \u003ci\u003eFigures of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this book investigates how several of the most prominent of these organizations--including UnidosUS (formerly NCLR), the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino--have mobilized demographic data about the Latino population in dogged pursuit of political recognition and influence. In census promotions, get-out-the-vote campaigns, and policy advocacy, this knowledge has been infused with meaning, variously serving as future-oriented sources of inspiration, emblems for identification, and weapons for contestation. At the same time, Rodr guez-Mu iz considers why these political actors have struggled to translate this demographic growth into tangible political gain and how concerns about white backlash have affected how they forecast demographic futures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e looks closely at the politics surrounding ethnoracial demographic changes and their rising influence in U.S. public debate and discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Rodr刕uez-Muz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691199469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691199467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.40w x 1.80d","brand":"Michael Rodr刕uez-Muz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046627733759,"sku":"9780691199467","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eb75d7f7-2144-4089-bc26-0f1a9ac43dbd.jpg?v=1684985588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/figures-of-the-future-michael-rodrguez-muiz-9780691199467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}