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This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US: "Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities" - Richard A. Keiser * "Electoral" "Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation "- Richard L. Engstrom * "Life After Districts" - Amy B. Bridges & Katherine Underwood * The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics - "Louis DeSipio" * Can Cities be Elastic and Democratic too? - "Arnold P. Fleischmann" * Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African-Americans in Cities - "Rufus Browning, , Dale Rodgers Marshall, & David Tabb" * White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray -"Richard A. Keiser" * Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply? - "Thomas Longoria, Jr." * "On Asian-American political incorporative prospects - James S. Lai" * Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York - "Donald B. Rosenthal" * A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century - "Katherine Underwood"
| List of Tables | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| The Changing Structure of Minority Group Political Opportunities: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century | p. 1 |
| Electoral Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation | p. 19 |
| Life after Districts | p. 51 |
| The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics | p. 77 |
| Can Cities Be Elastic and Democratic, Too? | p. 109 |
| Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African Americans in Cities | p. 131 |
| Analyzing Urban Regime Change: Black Power, White Backlash, and Shades of Gray | p. 157 |
| Context, Identity, and Incorporation: Are Latinos in the Midwest Different? | p. 179 |
| Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question | p. 203 |
| Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York | p. 227 |
| A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century | p. 257 |
| Author Biographies | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 281 |
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ISBN: 9780815335191
ISBN-10: 0815335199
Series: Garland Reference Library of Social Science
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 283
Published: 1st December 1999
Publisher: GARLAND PUB
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.3 x 14.38
x 2.52
Weight (kg): 0.52
Edition Number: 1
