Latina administrators in local government : the interplay of role orientantion and policy intentions
By: BRENNER, Christine Thurlow
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, January 2009Administration & Society 40, 8, p. 825-851Abstract: Latina administrators in urban municipal bureaucracies experiencing demographic change are continuously constructing their roleat times calling on their ethnic/nationality lens and at other times drawing on their racialized, feminist perspective and always mindful of their institutional context. Personal interviews with 16 Latina administrators provide rich insights into the ways race/ethnicity, gender, and institutional context intertwine in affecting policy outcomes. Three Latina administrator role orientationsactivists, bridge builders, and institutionalistsare identified and linked to strength of identity to theoretical bases of representative bureaucracy, Latina critical race theory, new institutionalism, and concepts of legal and cultural abidance
Latina administrators in urban municipal bureaucracies experiencing demographic change are continuously constructing their roleat times calling on their ethnic/nationality lens and at other times drawing on their racialized, feminist perspective and always mindful of their institutional context. Personal interviews with 16 Latina administrators provide rich insights into the ways race/ethnicity, gender, and institutional context intertwine in affecting policy outcomes. Three Latina administrator role orientationsactivists, bridge builders, and institutionalistsare identified and linked to strength of identity to theoretical bases of representative bureaucracy, Latina critical race theory, new institutionalism, and concepts of legal and cultural abidance
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