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Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
Ronald Schmidt Sr., Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Andrew L. Aoki, and Rodney E. Hero"The authors have done a commendable and impressive job of addressing a topic of long-lasting and increasing significance in U.S. politics."
---F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico
"This is a path-breaking book that will be read across disciplines beyond political science."
---James Jennings, Tufts University
Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but the numbers of recent arrivals from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions are 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---Blacks, Latinos, and Asian Pacific Americans---to gain equality through greater political representation and power. The authors predict that, for some time to come, the United States will function as a complex multiracial hierarchy, rather than as a genuine democracy.
Ronald Schmidt, Sr. is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach.
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh is Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Office for Women's Affairs (OWA) at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Andrew L. Aoki is Professor of Political Science at Augsburg College.
Rodney E. Hero is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Preface and Acknowledgments
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Contents
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Introduction: Focus, Framework, Benchmarks
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Part 1 Immigrants and the New Racial Politics
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1 The “New Immigration” and U.S. Ethnoracial Politics
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2 Analytical Framework for Studying Political Incorporation
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Part 2 Historical and Social Contexts
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3 The Historical Context of U.S. Ethnoracial Politics
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4 The Persistence of Racial Segregation in a Diverse America
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Part 3 Political Incorporation in an Era of Immigration
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5 Political Participation, Descriptive Representation, and the Quest for Political Power
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6 Political Incorporation, Governing Coalitions, and Public Policy
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Part 4 Conclusions
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7 Immigrants and the Future of American Ethnoracial Politics
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Notes
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References
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Index
- 978-0-472-03376-8 (paper)
- 978-0-472-02219-9 (ebook)