Neighborhood and Community Organizing in Colonias
A Case Study in the Development and Use of Promotoras
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6076339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lydia Gonzalez Arizmendi (a Department of Social Work , University of Texas , Pan American, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg , TX , 78541 , USA E-mail), Larry Ortiz (0000-0001-8985-945X, b School of Social Work , University of Maryland , 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore , MD , 21201 , USA E-mail) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 23-35 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j125v12n01_03 |
| OpenAlex | W360493823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 6 |
Promotores are leaders in traditional Mexican communities whose role in agrarian life dates back to the land reform movement following the revolution. Recently, there have been efforts at developing these roles in the colonias in the United States' southwest as a means of providing health education and civic information in these hard-to-reach communities. This paper discusses an example of how community organizers incorporated the promotora concept among a group of women to bring about social and political change in their colonia
Agrarian reform · Agrarian society · Agriculture · Community organization · Community organizing · Economic growth · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Latin American and Latino Studies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |