Alessandra Rosa
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About Alessandra
Morgan's work examines the politics shaping public policies, with particular interests in migration and social welfare. She is the author Working Mothers and the Welfare State: Religion and the Politics of Work-Family Policy in Western Europe and the United States (Stanford 2006) and The Delegated Welfare State: Medicare, Markets, and the Governance of American Social Policy (Oxford 2011), and co-editor of several volumes, including The Many Hands of the State: Theorizing Political Authority and Social Control (Cambridge 2017).
Contributions
Understanding Puerto Rican Voting in the United States
In the News
Publications
Describes the 2010-2011 student strike at University of Puerto Rico (UPR) campuses. Illustrates their usage of alternative media and how alternative and traditional media representations can influence activist collective identity.
Examines later stages of the 2010-2011 student strike at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR). Focuses on the emotional narratives that emerged through student tactics and encounters with police.
Highlights an exhibit showcasing art and expression of University of Puerto Rico students during their 2010-2011 strike.
Examines how students during the 2010-2011 student strike at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) used citizen journalism and alternative media to construct their own spaces of resistance, in contrast to the administration's investment in traditional media advertising.