Title: Newcomers, outsiders, & insiders : immigrants and American racial politics in the early twenty-first century /
Authors: Schmidt, Ronald, 1943-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Immigrants Political activity United States; Americanization.; Cultural pluralism United States; United States Race relations; United States Ethnic relations.
Contents: The "new immigration" and U.S. ethnoracial politics -- Analytical framework for studying political incorporation -- The historical context of U.S. ethnoracial politics -- The persistence of racial segregation in a diverse America -- Political participation, descriptive representation, and the quest for political power -- Political incorporation, governing coalitions, and public policy -- Immigrants and the future of American ethnoracial politics.