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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954334103321

Autore

Schmidt Ronald <1943->

Titolo

Newcomers, outsiders, and insiders : immigrants and American racial politics in the early twenty-first century / / Ronald Schmidt Sr. ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , c2010

ISBN

1-282-44508-1

9786612445088

0-472-02219-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Collana

The politics of race and ethnicity

Disciplina

305.9/069120973

Soggetti

Immigrants - Political activity - United States

Americanization

Cultural pluralism - United States

United States Race relations

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Focus, Framework, Benchmarks -- Part 1 | Immigrants and the New Racial Politics -- 1 | The "New Immigration" and U.S. Ethnoracial Politics -- 2 | Analytical Framework for Studying Political Incorporation -- Part 2 | Historical and Social Contexts -- 3 | The Historical Context of U.S. Ethnoracial Politics -- 4 | The Persistence of Racial Segregation in a Diverse America -- Part 3 | Political Incorporation in an Era of Immigration -- 5 | Political Participation, Descriptive Representation, and the Quest for Political Power -- 6 | Political Incorporation, Governing Coalitions, and Public Policy -- Part 4 | Conclusions -- 7 | Immigrants and the Future of American Ethnoracial Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How has the arrival of new racial and ethnic groups affected the political gains of long-standing minorities in the United States?.