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Asian Americans have quite recently emerged as an increasingly important force in American politics. In 1996, more than 300 Asian and Pacific Americans were elected to federal, state, and local offices; today, more than 2,000 hold appointive positions in government.
Asian Pacifc American Politics presents some of the most recent research on Asian American politics, including both quantitative and qualitative examinations of the role of Asian and Pacifc Islander Americans in some of today’s major political controversies.
Written to be easily accessible to students, the book covers historical and cultural context, political behavior and attitudes, interest groups and parties, elected officials, and public...
Asian American politics transcend simple questions of voting behavior and elective office, going all the way back to early immigration laws and all the way forward to ethnic targeting.
10 gru 2021 · Imported from Better World Books record. Asian American Politics by Andrew Aoki, Okiyoshi Takeda, 2009, Polity Press edition, in English.
Although people from Asia began to settle in the United States in significant numbers in the mid-1800s, the majority of the population today is foreign-born. In fact, of the five major racial and ethnic groups enumerated by the U.S. Census, Asian Americans are the most heavily immigrant.
4 sie 2017 · Students learn how the Asian American Movement helped to promote a “panethnic” identity which could strengthen Asian American political influence. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of Asian American participation in US politics.
