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Newcomers, outsiders, & insiders : immigrants and American racial politics in the early twenty-first century / Ronald Schmidt Sr. ... [and others].

Van Pelt Library JV6477 .N49 2010
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Schmidt, Ronald, 1943-
Series:
Politics of race and ethnicity
The politics of race and ethnicity
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Immigrants--Political activity--United States.
Immigrants.
Immigrants--Political activity.
United States.
Americanization.
Cultural pluralism--United States.
Cultural pluralism.
United States--Race relations.
Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Physical Description:
vi, 322 pages ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Newcomers, outsiders, and insiders
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
Summary:
Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the traditional ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but the percentage of recent arrivals from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions is increasing.
In this timely study, a team of political scientists examines how the arrival of these newcomers has affected the efforts of long-standing U.S. minority groups-Black Americans, Latino Americans, and Asian Pacific Americans-to gain greater political representation and power, resulting in a complex multiracial hierarchy.
Contents:
Part 1 Immigrants and the New Racial Politics
1 The "New Immigration" and U.S. Ethnoracial Politics 9
2 Analytical Framework for Studying Political Incorporation 37
Part 2 Historical and Social Contexts
3 The Historical Context of U.S. Ethnoracial Politics 67
4 The Persistence of Racial Segregation in a Diverse America 104
Part 3 Political Incorporation in an Era of Immigration
5 Political Participation, Descriptive Representation, and the Quest for Political Power 131
6 Political Incorporation, Governing Coalitions, and Public Policy 194
Part 4 Conclusions
7 Immigrants and the Future of American Ethnoracial Politics 249.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780472117031
0472117033
9780472033768
047203376X
9780472022199
0472022199
OCLC:
320188658

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