Minority Politics at the Millennium

by Keiser,Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780815335191
• ISBN10: 0815335199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US:Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities- Richard A. Keiser *ElectoralArrangements and Minority Political Incorporation- Richard L. Engstrom *Life After Districts- Amy B. Bridges & Katherine Underwood * The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics -Louis DeSipio* Can Cities be Elastic and Democratic too? -Arnold P. Fleischmann* Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African-Americans in Cities -Rufus Browning,, Dale Rodgers Marshall, & David Tabb* White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray -Richard A. Keiser* Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply? -Thomas Longoria, Jr.*On Asian-American political incorporative prospects -James S. Lai* Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York -Donald B. Rosenthal* A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century -Katherine Underwood

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
The Changing Structure of Minority Group Political Opportunities: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century	1	(18)
Richard A. Keiser
Electoral Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation	19	(32)
Richard L. Engstrom
Life after Districts	51	(26)
Amy Bridges
Katherine Underwood
The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics	77	(32)
Louis DeSipio
Can Cities Be Elastic and Democratic, Too?	109	(22)
Arnold Fleischmann
Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African Americans in Cities	131	(26)
Rufus P. Browning
Dale Rogers Marshall
David Tabb
Analyzing Urban Regime Change: Black Power, White Backlash, and Shades of Gray	157	(22)
Richard A. Keiser
Context, Identity, and Incorporation: Are Latinos in the Midwest Different?	179	(24)
Thomas Longoria, Jr.
Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question	203	(24)
James S. Lai
Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York	227	(30)
Donald B. Rosenthal
A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the Twenty-first Century	257	(20)
Katherine Underwood
Author Biographies	277	(4)
Index	281