Asian American political action : suburban transformations / James S. Lai.

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Main Author: Lai, James S.
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Asian Americans > Politics and government.
Asian Americans > Politics and government > Case studies.
Immigrants > Political activity > United States.
Political participation > United States.
Suburbs > United States.
Suburban life > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Ethnic relations.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:[xvi], 279 pages : illustrations
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The suburbanization of Asian American politics
  • Political mobilization and incorporation : an analytical framework
  • From exclusion to inclusion : the four stages of Asian American politics
  • Locating contemporary political incorporation : the suburb vs. the metropolis
  • Cupertino, California : a pan-ethnic suburb in Silicon Valley
  • Garden Grove and Westminster, California : Vietnamese American political incorporation in Orange County's "Little Saigon"
  • Gardena, California : two generations of a Japanese American majority city council
  • Montgomery County, Maryland : emerging Asian American suburbs in the Washington Beltway
  • Sugar Land, Texas : the political awakenings of Asian Americans in a Houston suburb
  • Bellevue, Washington : Asian American politics in a Pacific Northwest suburb
  • Daly City, California : the barriers to Filipino American political incorporation
  • Eau Claire, Wisconsin : the political rise of the Hmong American community
  • Fitchburg, Massachusetts : the political incorporation of Asian Americans in a Boston suburb
  • Forging ahead : the future political trajectories of Asian Americans.