"[A]n important contribution to the growing literature on Latinos(as). Its focus on gender, politics, and culture should guide future research on Latino(a) community building." —The New England Quarterly "This book presents a serious challenge to the dominant American political science literature on political participation by minorities, especially Latinos. Hardy-Fanta treats and critiques that literature extremely well, using a radically different ... Read moremethod to demonstrate that prior theories about Latino apathy are dependent on very constricted notions of political participation and even the meaning of 'what is political.' Her work integrates the literature on political participation with more recent feminist studies of gender differences in decision-making, relationships, and other kinds of social behavior. An added plus is that it is gracefully written, with a blend of theoretical discussion and down-to-earth vignettes of real people." —Deborah A. Stone, David R. Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy, Brandeis University Show Less