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Record Nr.

UNISA996202228903316

Autore

Freedman Amy L.

Titolo

Political participation and ethnic minorities : Chinese overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United States / / Amy L. Freedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-135-96055-0

1-135-96056-9

1-280-40710-7

0-203-90125-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/089/951

Soggetti

Chinese - Foreign countries - Politics and government

Chinese - Southeast Asia

Chinese - United States

Minorities - Political activity

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. [209]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, AND MAPS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND INFLUENCE; MALAYSIA: INSTITUTIONALIZED PARTICIPATION; SUHARTO'S INDONESIA: OUTSIDERS TIED TO THE PALACE; CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES; SUBURBANIZATION: CHINESE IN MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA; NEW YORK: THE CITY OF ETHNIC POLITICS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Amy Freedman's empirical study examines the hows and whys of Chinese overseas political activity in three diverse countries.