Officially Hispanic: Classification Policy and Identity Book

Preface     vii
Introduction     ix
Federal Standards and Ethnoracial Classification
Classification Policy: A Very Basic Framework     3
Classifying Race and Ethnicity     15
The Presumption of Relevant Membership     33
Membership and Groups
Theorizing Membership: Culture, Value and Recognition     59
Identity and Basic Membership     81
The Conditions of Relevant Groups     101
Hispanic Identity
Nationality and Hispanics     125
Hispanic Identification and Common Identity     147
Hispanic Identity Making     167
Are All Minorities Equally "Minorities"?     187
Government, Classification and the Recognition of Hispanics     205
Index     225
About the Author     243