Free Download Benjamin Márquez, "The Politics of Patronage: Lawyers, Philanthropy, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund"
English | ISBN: 1477323295 | 2021 | 184 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Co-winner, Latino Politics Best Book Award, American Political Science Association
The first book about the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the influential work it has done for the Latina/o community, and the issues stemming from its dependence on large philanthropic organizations.
Founded in 1968, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the Latino equivalent to the NAACP: a source of legal defense for the Latina/o community in cases centered on education, state immigration laws, redistricting, employment discrimination, and immigrant rights. Unlike the NAACP, however, MALDEF was founded by Mexican American activists in conjunction with the larger philanthropic structure of the Ford Foundation-a relationship that has opened it up to controversy and criticism.
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