On the Streets and in the State House: American Indian and Hispanic Women and Environmental Policymaking in New Mexico

by Diane-Michele Prindeville

Overview

This study explores the politics of American Indian and Hispanic women leaders in New Mexico's environmental policymaking arena. Using non-random purposive sampling, 50 women were selected for participation who were political activists in grassroots organization or public officials, elected or appointed to local, state or tribal government. Personal interviews were employed to gather data on their political socialization, their leadership trajectories, their motives for engagement in public life, their political ideology, their racial-ethnic- and gender identity and their policy agendas and strategies for influencing public policymaking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415650526
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/2012
Series:	Indigenous Peoples and Politics
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Diane-Michele Prindeville

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Design of the Research Project; Chapter 3 New Mexico’s Environmental Justice Movement; Chapter 4 Women’s Paths to Leadership; Chapter 5 The Role of Identity and Political Ideology; Chapter 6 Practicing the Politics of Environmental Justice; Chapter 7 Conclusions;