Papers by Cristina Beltran
This dossier takes its cue from one of the Occupy movement's bedrock slogans, "This Is What Democ... more This dossier takes its cue from one of the Occupy movement's bedrock slogans, "This Is What Democracy Looks Like" (though the catchword was first nurtured, as were many Occupy paradigms, tactics, and customs, in the global justice movement that came of age in Seattle in 1999). This proud assertion, stiffened by populist certitudes about the "99%" hypermajority, exercised a clear appeal to protesters. It is self-congratulatory, confrontational, and also quite articulate as political statement. Not everyone has to believe the slogan to chant it. But what if it were taken up as a more literal goal? What if the Occupy model of horizontalism, explicated below, were to be pushed into every venue of civil society,
Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2014
APSA Task Force on Graduate Education: 2004 Report to the Council
PS: Political Science & Politics, 2005
In spring 2002, APSA President-Elect Theda Skocpol appointed this Task Force on Graduate Educatio... more In spring 2002, APSA President-Elect Theda Skocpol appointed this Task Force on Graduate Education, representing a variety of institutions, political science subfields, scholarly backgrounds, and methodological viewpoints. She asked its members to report on ways to strengthen graduate education in political science. The Task Force quickly concluded that no single structure of graduate training could be appropriate for the wide range of institutions offering graduate instruction in political science, and that departments must decide for themselves what programs best suited their capacities and interests.
Patrolling Borders: Hybrids, Hierarchies and the Challenge of Mestizaje
Political Research Quarterly, 2004
... I am grateful to Arturo Vega, Lisa G a rcia-Bedolla, Andrea Simpson, Jennet Kirkpatrick, Susa... more ... I am grateful to Arturo Vega, Lisa G a rcia-Bedolla, Andrea Simpson, Jennet Kirkpatrick, Susan Liebell, Timothy Kaufman-Osborn, and all those who provided feedback on earlier versions of this article for their valuable ... Page 5. Chicano poet Alberto Urista, better known as Alurista ...
Politics & Gender, 2012
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