Governing American cities : interethnic coalitions, competitions, and conflict / Michael Jones-Correa, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones-Correa, Michael, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--United States.

Municipal government.

United States.

Minorities--Political activity--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Political activity.

Physical Description:

viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2001]

Contents:

Introduction: Comparative Approaches to Changing Interethnic Relations in Cities / Michael Jones-Correa 1

Part I New Actors in Cities 15

Chapter 1 Immigrant Political Participation in New York and Los Angeles / John Mollenkopf, David Olson, Timothy Ross 17

Chapter 2 Ethnic Subcontracting as an Impediment to Interethnic Coalitions: The Chinese Experience / Peter Kwong 71

Chapter 3 Korean Americans and the Crisis of the Liberal Coalition: Immigrants and Politics in Los Angeles / Edward J.W. Park, John S.W. Park 91

Part II Competition and Conflict 109

Chapter 4 Racial Minority Group Relations in a Multiracial Society / Paula D. McClain, Steven C. Tauber 111

Chapter 5 Blacks and Cubans in Miami: The Negative Consequences of the Cuban Enclave on Ethnic Relations / Guillermo J. Grenier, Max Castro 137

Chapter 6 Protest or Violence: Political Process and Patterns of Black-Korean Conflict / Patrick D. Joyce 158

Part III Cooperation and Coalition-Building 181

Chapter 7 Structural Shifts and Institutional Capacity: Possibilities for Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict in Urban Settings / Michael Jones-Correa 183

Chapter 8 When Ideologies Agree and Interests Collide, What's a Leader to Do? The Prospects for Latino-Jewish Coalition in Los Angeles / Raphael J. Sonenshein 210

Chapter 9 Interethnic Politics in the Consensus City / Matthew McKeever 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0871544156

OCLC:

47200403