This article investigates the integration of various generations of Chicano children into the United States political system. Specifically, it focuses upon the assimilation and acculturation of these children into prevailing American political orientations. Even with controls for socioeconomic status, language environment and education, generational experiences structure the political views of these children. There is a linear progression of political integration from the newcomers through the second generation. Third generation Chicanos, however, recede in their political assimilation and acculturation.
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