Minority politics at the millennium / / edited by Richard A. Keiser, Katherine Underwood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786176803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Garland Pub., , 2000
• ISBN: 1-134-82929-9; 0-203-77559-7; 1-134-82922-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Garland reference library of social science ; ; v. 1452. Contemporary urban affairs ; ; v. 9
• Altri autori (Persone): KeiserRichard A; UnderwoodKatherine
• Disciplina: 324.7/2/08900973
• Soggetti: Minorities - Political activity - United States; Minorities - Political activity - United States - Forecasting; Twenty-first century; Urban policy - United States; Municipal government - United States; United States Ethnic relations; United States Race relations; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Minority Politics at the Millennium; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Changing Structure of Minority GroupPolitical Opportunities: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century: Richard A. Keiser; Chapter 2. Electoral Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation:Richard L. Engstrom; Chapter 3. Life after Districts: Amy Bridges and Katherine Underwood; Chapter 4. The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration,Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics: Louis DeSipio; Chapter 5. Can Cities Be Elastic and Democratic, Too?: Arnold FleischmannChapter 6. Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African Americans in Cities: Rufus P. Browning, Dale Rogers Marshall, and DavidTabb; Chapter 7. Analyzing Urban Regime Change: Black ; Power,White Backlash, and Shades of Gray: Richard A. Keiser; Chapter 8. Context, Identity, and Incorporation: Are Latinos in the Midwest Different?: Thomas Longoria, Jr.; Chapter 9. Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question: JamesS. Lai; Chapter 10. Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York:Donald B. RosenthalChapter 11. A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century: KatherineUnderwood; Author Biographies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US.