Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Asian American Political Action : Suburban Transformations / James S. Lai.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781626372917
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.8089/95073 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Suburbanization of Asian American Politics -- 2 Political Mobilization and Incorporation: An Analytical Framework -- 3 From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Four Stages of Asian American Politics -- 4 Locating Contemporary Political Incorporation: The Suburb vs. the Metropolis -- 5 Cupertino, California: A Panethnic Suburb in Silicon Valley -- 6 Garden Grove and Westminster, California: Vietnamese American Political Incorporation in Orange County’s “Little Saigon” -- 7 Gardena, California: Two Generations of a Japanese American Majority City Council -- 8 Montgomery County, Maryland: Emerging Asian American Suburbs Inside the Washington Beltway -- 9 Sugar Land, Texas: The Political Awakenings of Asian Americans in a Houston Suburb -- 10 Bellevue, Washington: Asian American Politics in a Pacific Northwest Suburb -- 11 Daly City, California: The Barriers to Filipino American Political Incorporation -- 12 Eau Claire, Wisconsin: The Political Rise of the Hmong American Community -- 13 Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Political Incorporation of Asian Americans in a Boston Suburb -- 14 Forging Ahead: The Future Political Trajectories of Asian Americans -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Where are Asian Americans gaining political power in the United States today? And how? Looking beyond traditional conceptions of immigrant political behavior in "gateway" cities, James Lai comprehensively analyzes how Asian Americans are not only winning elected office, but also sustaining representation, in places as diverse as California, Texas, Wisconsin, and Maryland. Lai's multidimensional approach and vivid case studies illustrate both the unique characteristics and the political commonalities of Asian communities throughout the United States: their core populations, civic organizations, political leanings, and specific electoral challenges and successes. The result is a complex portrait of the breadth of Asian American participation in contemporary multiracial politics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781626372917

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Suburbanization of Asian American Politics -- 2 Political Mobilization and Incorporation: An Analytical Framework -- 3 From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Four Stages of Asian American Politics -- 4 Locating Contemporary Political Incorporation: The Suburb vs. the Metropolis -- 5 Cupertino, California: A Panethnic Suburb in Silicon Valley -- 6 Garden Grove and Westminster, California: Vietnamese American Political Incorporation in Orange County’s “Little Saigon” -- 7 Gardena, California: Two Generations of a Japanese American Majority City Council -- 8 Montgomery County, Maryland: Emerging Asian American Suburbs Inside the Washington Beltway -- 9 Sugar Land, Texas: The Political Awakenings of Asian Americans in a Houston Suburb -- 10 Bellevue, Washington: Asian American Politics in a Pacific Northwest Suburb -- 11 Daly City, California: The Barriers to Filipino American Political Incorporation -- 12 Eau Claire, Wisconsin: The Political Rise of the Hmong American Community -- 13 Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Political Incorporation of Asian Americans in a Boston Suburb -- 14 Forging Ahead: The Future Political Trajectories of Asian Americans -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Where are Asian Americans gaining political power in the United States today? And how? Looking beyond traditional conceptions of immigrant political behavior in "gateway" cities, James Lai comprehensively analyzes how Asian Americans are not only winning elected office, but also sustaining representation, in places as diverse as California, Texas, Wisconsin, and Maryland. Lai's multidimensional approach and vivid case studies illustrate both the unique characteristics and the political commonalities of Asian communities throughout the United States: their core populations, civic organizations, political leanings, and specific electoral challenges and successes. The result is a complex portrait of the breadth of Asian American participation in contemporary multiracial politics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)