TY - JOUR
T1 - Dominican political incorporation in the United States
AU - Matos, Yalidy
AU - Morel, Domingo
N1 - Funding Information:
We are thankful to Mannela Iparraguirre for her research assistance. We also thank the interviewees for their time and depth of information, as well as the editor and external reviewers who provided outstanding guidance and comments.
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PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Dominicans represent one of the largest and fastest growing Latino groups in the United States. Since 1990, the Dominican population in the United States has more than tripled, from 517,000 to nearly two million in 2019, becoming the country’s fifth-largest Latino group. As the Dominican population grows, the number of Dominican elected officials has also grown. However, although Dominicans have been elected to political office in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, Dominicans have amassed very little political representation in South Florida, home to the third-largest Dominican population in the United States. In this article we examine the Dominican communities in Washington Heights/Inwood, New York City; Providence, Rhode Island; and Miami/Miami-Dade, Florida, to examine the factors that influence Dominican political incorporation in the United States. Our findings show that the interaction of population size, institutional context, and civic organizations plays a significant role in shaping Dominican political incorporation.
AB - Dominicans represent one of the largest and fastest growing Latino groups in the United States. Since 1990, the Dominican population in the United States has more than tripled, from 517,000 to nearly two million in 2019, becoming the country’s fifth-largest Latino group. As the Dominican population grows, the number of Dominican elected officials has also grown. However, although Dominicans have been elected to political office in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, Dominicans have amassed very little political representation in South Florida, home to the third-largest Dominican population in the United States. In this article we examine the Dominican communities in Washington Heights/Inwood, New York City; Providence, Rhode Island; and Miami/Miami-Dade, Florida, to examine the factors that influence Dominican political incorporation in the United States. Our findings show that the interaction of population size, institutional context, and civic organizations plays a significant role in shaping Dominican political incorporation.
KW - Civic organizations
KW - Dominican elected officials
KW - Dominican political incorporation
KW - Institutional context
KW - Political representation
KW - Population size
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U2 - 10.1057/s41276-021-00337-0
DO - 10.1057/s41276-021-00337-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115237333
SN - 1476-3435
VL - 20
SP - 67
EP - 93
JO - Latino Studies
JF - Latino Studies
IS - 1
ER -