The politics of Asian Americans : diversity and community / / Pei-te Lien, M. Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808391003321
• Autore: Lien Pei-te <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 1-135-95229-9; 0-415-93464-8; 1-135-95230-2; 1-280-04849-2; 9786610048496; 0-203-50584-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ConwayM. Margaret <1935-> (Mary Margaret); WongJanelle
• Disciplina: 324/.089/95073
• Soggetti: Asian Americans - Politics and government; Asian Americans - Ethnic identity; Asian Americans
• 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 (p. 247-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction""; ""Research Question and Project Outline""; ""Who is “Asianâ€? American? An Evolving Population""; ""Evolving Definitions in the U.S. Census""; ""Historical and Contemporary Community Formationâ€?Entering One Group at a Time""; ""Who are Asian Americans? Confronting Popular Myths""; ""Observations 1â€?13""; ""Unique Challenges and Opportunities for Studying the Mass Political Behavior of Asian Americans""; ""Debating Conceptual Frameworks""; ""Assimilation/Acculturation""; ""Segmented Assimilation""; ""Transnationalism""; ""Panethnicization and Racial Formation""""Overcoming Practical Difficulties in Research Methodology with the PNAAPS""; ""Description of Survey Methodology""; ""Limitations of the Survey""; ""Who Participated in the Survey? A Profile of Respondents""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 2 Who Am I? Mapping Ethnic Self-Identities""; ""Theorizing ; the Formation and Contours of Ethnic Identity""; ""Section Summary and Discussion""; ""How Asian Americans Report Their Ethnic Self-Identity""; ""The Mode and Extent of Ethnic Identification among PNAAPS Respondents""; ""Assessing Impacts of Survey Context on Ethnic Self-Identification""""Question Wording""; ""Interview Language and Sampling Method""; ""Gauging Subjective Ethnic Identity with Sociopsychological Measures""; ""Common Culture""; ""Shared Fate""; ""News Attention""; ""Explaining the Formation of Ethnic Self-Identities: Percentage Distribution of Possible Correlates""; ""Sociopsychological Indicators of Ethnicity""; ""Political Integration/Civic Participation""; ""Acculturation""; ""Racial Interaction""; ""Homeland Ties""; ""Understanding Ethnic Self-Identity Choices: Multinomial Regression Results""""Predicting the Adoption and Intensity of Pan-Asian American Identity: Multivariate Results""; ""Discussion and Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3 Political Orientations: Beliefs and Attitudes about Government""; ""Factors Influencing the Acquisition of Political Orientations""; ""Political Orientations and Their Correlates""; ""Political Ideology""; ""Political Interest""; ""Political Trust""; ""Perceived Government Responsiveness""; ""Perceived Influence on Government Decisions""; ""Summary Observations by Basic Sociodemographic Variables""""Other Possible Correlates of Political Orientations""; ""Results of Multivariate Analyses""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Ideology""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Interest""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Trust in Local Public Officials""; ""Predicting Local Public Officialsâ€? Perceived Responsiveness to Citizen Complaints""; ""Predicting Perceived Influence over Local Government Officialsâ€? Decisions""; ""Discussion and Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4 Understanding the Contours, Sources, and Impacts of Political Partisanship""