Asian American Politics Law, Participation, and Policy

by Lai, James S.; Brackman, Harold; Chang, Edward T.; Chao, Hon. Elaine L.; Erie, Steven P.; Geron, Kim; Hing, Bill Ong; Kim, Thomas P.; L. Kitano, Harry H.; Lee, Taeku; Lien, Pei-te; Locke, Gary; Makela, Lee A.; Maki, Mitchell T.; Mineta, Norman Y.; Nakanis

• ISBN13: 9780742518506
• ISBN10: 0742518507
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian American politics, knit together by expert scholars who introduce each subject and place it in context with political events and the greater emerging literature. Court cases, legislation, demographics, and key pieces on topics ranging from gender to Japanese American redress to the Los Angeles riots to Wen Ho Lee round out this innovative reader on a politically active group likely to grow in number and electoral impact.

Table of Contents

Figures, Illustrations, and Photographs	p. ix
Boxes and Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction: Understanding Asian American Politics	p. 1
Historical Forms of Civic Engagement and Protest: Selected United States Supreme Court Cases
Introduction	p. 19
Historical Struggles for Equal Protection Rights
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)	p. 23
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)	p. 29
Historical Struggles for Naturalization Rights
Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922)	p. 35
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923)	p. 41
The Impact of Immigration Laws on Asian America
Introduction	p. 47
Immigration Act of 1924	p. 51
Making and Remaking Asian Pacific America: Immigration Policy	p. 81
The Period of Political Incorporation (1965 to Present)
Introduction	p. 89
Political Research and Demographic Trends
Asian American Politics: An Agenda for Research	p. 93
Becoming Citizens, Becoming Voters: The Naturalization and Political Participation of Asian Pacific Immigrants	p. 113
The Asian American Movement and Beyond: 1960 to Present
The 'Four Prisons' and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s	p. 135
Serve the People: An Exploration of the Asian American Movement	p. 163
Transnational Politics and Identities
New Immigrants, New Forms of Transnational Community: Post-1965 Indian Migrations	p. 181
Asian Pacific American Voting Behavior
Ethnicity and Political Adaptation: Comparing Filipinos, Koreans, and the Vietnamese in Southern California	p. 193
Gender and Political Involvement among Chinese Americans in Southern California	p. 211
Asian Pacific American Non-Voting Behavior
Beyond "Politics by Other Means"? Empowerment Strategies for Los Angeles' Asian Pacific Community	p. 231
Prospects for Pan-Ethnicity: Coalition or Competition?
Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question	p. 247
Politics, Media, and Racial Profiling
The Backdoor and the Backlash: Campaign Finance and the Politicization of Chinese Americans	p. 261
Race, Class, Citzenship, and Extraterritoriality: Asian Americans and the 1996 Campaign Finance Scandal	p. 281
Profiling Principle: The Prosecution of Wen Ho Lee and the Defense of Asian Americans	p. 297
Wen Ho Lee and the Consequences of Enduring Asian American Stereotypes	p. 303
Elected Leadership
Campaigns, Elections, and Elected Officials	p. 317
Transcending the Bamboo and Glass Ceilings: Defining the Trajectory to Empower Asian Pacific Islander American Women in Politics	p. 331
Remarks at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Committee of 100	p. 355
The One-Hundred Year Journey: From Houseboy to the Governor's Office	p. 359
Remarks at the University of Rochester Annual Meliora Weekend	p. 365
My Story: Being American Means Setting Expectations High	p. 369
Contemporary Public Policy Issues in the New Millennium
Introduction	p. 373
Affirmative Action
The Affirmative Action Divide	p. 377
Japanese American Redress and Reparations
Japanese American Redress: The Proper Alignment Model	p. 407
Labor Organizing
Building an Asian Pacific Labor Alliance: A New Chapter in Our History	p. 421
Urban Riots: A Case Study of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
America's First Multiethnic 'Riots'	p. 431
Political Redistricting
Asian Pacific Americans and Redistricting Challenges in 2001	p. 441
Index	p. 451
About the Contributors	p. 469
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