Asian American political action
Subtitle: suburban transformations
By: James S. Lai
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781588267245
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The suburbanization of Asian American politics; title: Political mobilization and incorporation : an analytical framework; title: From exclusion to inclusion : the four stages of Asian American politics; title: Locating contemporary political incorporation : the suburb vs. the metropolis; title: Cupertino, California : a pan-ethnic suburb in Silicon Valley; title: Garden Grove and Westminster, California : Vietnamese American political incorporation in Orange County's "Little Saigon"; title: Gardena, California : two generations of a Japanese American majority city council; title: Montgomery County, Maryland : emerging Asian American suburbs in the Washington Beltway; title: Sugar Land, Texas : the political awakenings of Asian Americans in a Houston suburb; title: Bellevue, Washington : Asian American politics in a Pacific Northwest suburb; title: Daly City, California : the barriers to Filipino American political incorporation; title: Eau Claire, Wisconsin : the political rise of the Hmong American community; title: Fitchburg, Massachusetts : the political incorporation of Asian Americans in a Boston suburb; title: Forging ahead : the future political trajectories of Asian Americans.