2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
U.S. Local Governments & Political Organizations' Response to the Growing Presence of Puerto Rican Residents : An Inter-Regional Comparative Study
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19401005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIGAKI Mitsuhiro Tohoku University, 大学院・国際文化研究科, 教授 (60215960)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Shigeto 東北大学, 大学院・国際文化研究科, 准教授 (10240285)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | プエルトリコ人 / アメリカ合衆国 / 地方政治 / 行政 / 政治参加 / ラティーノ / ヒスパニック |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research project was to illuminate how U.S. society is tackling the rapid growth of Latino/a population represented by Puerto Ricans. We chose specific counties and cities which had become hosts for increasing number of Puerto Rican residents, and researched how the local governments and political organizations were responding to their presence, needs and demands. We found that the the so-called old machines tend to accept a minimum number of latino/a elected officials but are not ready to accept their representation proportional to their actual demographic presence, though there are significant differeneces among the cases studied.
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