{"product_id":"figures-of-the-future-9780691199467","title":"Figures of the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation—one that will purportedly change the “face” of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, \u003ci\u003eFigures of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this book investigates how several of the most prominent of these organizations—including UnidosUS (formerly NCLR), the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino—have mobilized demographic data about the Latino population in dogged pursuit of political recognition and influence. In census promotions, get-out-the-vote campaigns, and policy advocacy, this knowledge has been infused with meaning, variously serving as future-oriented sources of inspiration, emblems for identification, and weapons for contestation. At the same time, Rodríguez-Muñiz considers why these political actors have struggled to translate this demographic growth into tangible political gain and how concerns about white backlash have affected how they forecast demographic futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e looks closely at the politics surrounding ethnoracial demographic changes and their rising influence in U.S. public debate and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42981639258230,"sku":"9780691199467","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_fba2f737-7587-4fad-b401-fdf7a0e64303.jpg?v=1768585902","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/figures-of-the-future-9780691199467","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}