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This paper provides a vision of the perceived threat and prejudice that the inhabitants of the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico express in relation to undocumented Central American migration in transit through Mexico. For this objective, an instrument was developed and implemented, having as background the Theory of Subtle and Manifest Prejudice (Pettigrew and Meertens, 1995) and the Theory of Integrated Threat (Stephan and Stephan, 2000). The results support that there are differences according to educational level, the occupation of the participants, and the quality of contact with migrants. It is concluded that the inhabitants of the ZMVM present low levels of prejudice and perception of threat in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper debates the traditional notions of political transnationalism used in the United States by showing the formation and the activist process followed by the #YoSoy132 movement in New York City. The conclusion drawn is that immigrants organizations in the US have diversified their acting repertories, political perspective and their demands. Therefore, it is necessary to broaden the concept of political transnationalism to a social-political perspective. The latter will allow having a wider theoretical notion to analyze a larger number of immigrants organizations in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines Hannah Arendt’s political judgment on racial integration in the United States during the Twentieth Century. According to Arendt, discrimination is an issue that belongs to the social realm, not to the political one. Personal features that shape individuals –race, for example– must be left outside the political debate, as they confer communitarian identity. On the contrary, Arendt wanted politics to be defined in terms of a discussion among individuals who claim specific positions. As we can see, Arendt´s judgment on discrimination is conditioned by her rigorous separation between the social and the political realms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]