Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Gordon H. Chang (Editor)
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Asian Americans and politics-for many people today, these two notions seem incongruous, even contradictory.
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Asian Americans have quite recently emerged as an increasingly important force in American politics. In 1996, more than 300 Asian and Pacific Americans were elected to federal, state, and local offices; today, more than 2,000 hold appointive positions in government. Asian American voices have been prominent in policy debates over such matters as education, race relations, and immigration reform. On a more discordant note, a national controversy with racial overtones erupted in 1996-97 over alleged illegal Asian and Asian American campaign contributions and illicit foreign influences on American politics, and in 1999 another controversy arose over allegations that a Chinese American physicist had passed nuclear secrets to the Chinese government.
Yet little scholarly attention has been devoted to understanding the engagement of Asian Americans with American politics. This volume of fifteen essays is the first to take a broad-ranging look at the phenomenon. Its contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines--history, political science, sociology, and urban studies--and from the practical political realm. They discuss such topics as the historical relationship of Asians to American politics, the position of Asian Americans in America's legal and racial landscape, recent Asian American voting behavior and political opinion, politics and the evolving demographics of the Asian American population, current national controversies involving Asian Americans, conclusions drawn from regional and local case studies, and the future of Asian Americans in American politics.
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Asian Americans have quite recently emerged as an increasingly important force in American politics. In 1996, more than 300 Asian and Pacific Americans were elected to federal, state, and local offices; today, more than 2,000 hold appointive positions in government. Asian American voices have been prominent in policy debates over such matters as education, race relations, and immigration reform. On a more discordant note, a national controversy with racial overtones erupted in 1996-97 over alleged illegal Asian and Asian American campaign contributions and illicit foreign influences on American politics, and in 1999 another controversy arose over allegations that a Chinese American physicist had passed nuclear secrets to the Chinese government.
Yet little scholarly attention has been devoted to understanding the engagement of Asian Americans with American politics. This volume of fifteen essays is the first to take a broad-ranging look at the phenomenon. Its contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines--history, political science, sociology, and urban studies--and from the practical political realm. They discuss such topics as the historical relationship of Asians to American politics, the position of Asian Americans in America's legal and racial landscape, recent Asian American voting behavior and political opinion, politics and the evolving demographics of the Asian American population, current national controversies involving Asian Americans, conclusions drawn from regional and local case studies, and the future of Asian Americans in American politics.
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- Title Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects
- Author Gordon H. Chang (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 440
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
- Date 2002-01-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780804742016 / 0804742014
- Weight 1.41 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.98 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Asian Americans - Politics and government
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00012465
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.119
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- Choice, 11/01/2001, Page 592
- Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 52
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