Mexicans in California

 Contents Acknowledgments Introduction I. Work and Poverty 1. Poverty, Work, and Public Policy: Latino Futures in California's New Economy Manuel Pastor Jr. 2. Working Day Labor: Informal and Contingent Employment Abel Valenzuela II. Education and Achievement 3. Understanding and Addressing the California Latino Achievement Gap in Early Elementary School Russell W. Rumberger and Brenda Arellano Anguiano 4. Reaffirming Affirmative Action: An Equal Opportunity Analysis of Advance Placement Courses and University Admissions Armida Ornelas and Daniel Solorzano 5. Chicano Struggles for Racial Justice: The Movement?s Contribution to Social Theory Ramón Guti¿rrez 6. "Lifting as we Climb": Educated Chicanas? Social Identities and Commitment to Social Action Aída Hurtado III. Culture and Self-Representation 7. The Quebec Metaphor, Invasion, and Reconquest in Public Discourse on Mexican Immigration Leo R. Chavez 8. Prime Time Protest: Latinos and Network Television Chon Noriega 9. The Politics of Passion: Poetics and Performance of La Canción Ranchera Olga N jera-Ramírez IV. Culture and Violence 10. Conflict Resolution and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexicans on Both Sides of the Border Yvette Flores and Enriqueta Valdez Curiel Bibliography Index