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An attempt is made to construct a model of Latino political participation incorporating factors other than those relating to socioeconomic status (SES), focusing on variables influencing such participation to ascertain the distinctiveness of Latino activity & examine participatory acts beyond voting. A social structural model is created predicting that Latinos' social context may increase their opportunities for political participation. Survey data (N = 1,481 respondents in New York City, of whom 453 were Latinos) are used to estimate the model, employing an ordered probit methodolgy. Findings are outlined: (1) Social structural variables, including integration into politically active social networks, exposure to mobilization, & organizational affiliation increase the likelihood of Latino participation. (2) After including in the model variables measuring attachment to native country, the social structural variables remain significant. (3) Variables underlying Latino political activity are distinct from those explaining black & white participation. Latinos' social milieu acts as a critical context for socialization, information dissemination, & mobilization, thereby providing some requisite resources central to facilitating participation. 24 References. Adapted from the source document.

Explores the extent to which the media reports extensively on global issues that lack the drama typical of warfare through examining US & German media coverage of global warming debates at the time of the 1997 Kyoto international conference. In the US, media reports concerning global warming were typical of domestic coverage rather than that of foreign affairs. Global warming debate coverage in Germany was less domesticated, largely because of German consensus on the matter & because Germany is not a major actor. Both the German & US news emphasized the role of the US on the outcome of the global-warming debate, & German media coverage was therefore very critical of the Clinton administration. The German media engaged in domestic power indexing through directing greater attention to the governing & opposition parties than to political actors. The German press covered global warming as a threat to humankind. Both the US & Germany indexed & framed the news to fit their domestic political meanings, making the hope that international news could be a unifying force among countries premature. 6 Tables. L. A. Hoffman