Making Of Asian America : Through Political Participation /

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Asian Americans are widely believed to be passive and compliant participants in the U.S. political process-if they participate at all. In this book, Pei-te Lien maps the actions and strategies of Asian Americans as they negotiate a space in the American political arena. Professor Lien looks at polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lien, Pei-te, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politische Beteiligung
Soziale Situation
Race relations > Political aspects.
Political participation > Social aspects.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Asian Americans > Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Participation politique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Americains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Political participation > Social aspects > United States.
USA.
Asiaten.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Charting a hidden terrain: historical struggles for inclusion and justice prior to the era of civil rights and electoral politics
  • Constructing a community that (almost) cannot be: contemporary movements toward liberation and empowerment--after 1965
  • Participation in electoral politics: evolving patterns in Hawaii and mainland States
  • How can we all get along? Cross-racial coalition-building possibilities and barriers
  • What ties that bind? Comparing political attitudes and behavior across major Asian American groups
  • Linking race, ethnicity, class, and gender: Asian American women and political participation.

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