%0 Journal Article
%T Puerto Rican Politics in the United States: Examination of Major Perspectives and Theories
%A Edgardo Mel¨¦ndez
%J Centro Journal
%D 2003
%I 
%X This article examines four major theoretical perspectives on the study of Puerto Rican politics in the United States: internal colonialism and mode of incorporation; pluralism; revised pluralism; and radical-structuralism. For this purpose it reviews the works of four authors: Felix Padilla, James Jennings, Jos¨¦ Cruz, and Jos¨¦ Ram¨®n S¨˘nchez. It also addresses major theoretical and analytical problems and concepts in the field: the  Puerto Rican exception ; Puerto Rican political participation, representation, and incorporation; ethnic identity and politics; and relations between Puerto Rico and the mainland communities.
%U http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715102