Hi Kenia
I don't think we have books per se. What can be found are mainly reports and chapters in books. I'm assuming you are going to college in NYC. Correct me if I am wrong since all the info I have is NYC focused.
The most recent publication is available on DANR.org
"Dominican-American Voter-Capacity Report"
A mathematical model is presented there that estimates Dominican-American voting capacity to 2020. Robert posted a link to it in this forum section.
I would suggest you go to the Dominican Studies Institute @ CUNY's City College on 138th St., if you are looking for material quickly.
Some of the publications that I was previously referring to are listed here:
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi/publications.htm
As for political case studies, the best you can do is get copies of PhD dissertations. For that you can go to your university/college library to get access to PhD dissertation. You can also go to
http://www.umi.com/umi/dissertations/.
For example a friend of mine just posted her PhD dissertation:
Developing politics in Quisqueya Heights: Local and national trajectories of Dominican-American organizing (New York). 2004
by Ana Aparicio (she did it a CUNY but has since moved to U of Mass. It think she is still there.)
Another one is
"Political Incorporation and Re-Incorporation: Simultaneity in the Dominican Migrant Experience." written by Pamela Graham (you can probably get to talk to her easy enough. She's over at Columbia now).
If you just want to read a condensed version of Pamela's work you can find it in Hector Cordero-Guzman's book compilation,
Migration, Transnationalization & Race in Changing New York. dated 2001. Hector is also good people as well.
You can get many of these through the university library or pay to have it sent to you.
If you want to really write something that has substance I would suggest that you also look for references not just focused on dominicans. Look for applicable concepts of interesting things that other ethnic/national groups are doing. Think outside the box of nationalistic pride.
If you want more assistance you can send me a Private Message.
I wish you much success in the writing of your thesis.
Kenia said:
Hi, Deelt
I want to know if you can recommend me books or any kind of material that talks about Dominicans Involvement in US politics.