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Asian American politics : law, participation, and policy / edited by Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai.

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Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.

Asian Americans -- Politics and government.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy035/2002009334.html

0742518493 (cloth : alk. paper)

0742518507 (pbk : alk. paper) :

Spectrum series, race and ethnicity in national and global politics.

xiii, 474 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Introduction: Understanding Asian American Politics / Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai -- Historical Forms of Civic Engagement and Protest: Selected United States Supreme Court Cases -- Historical Struggles for Equal Protection Rights -- Historical Struggles for Naturalization Rights -- The Impact of Immigration Laws on Asian America -- Immigration Act of 1924 / Lee A. Makela -- Making and Remaking Asian Pacific America: Immigration Policy / Bill Ong Hing -- The Period of Political Incorporation (1965 to Present) -- Political Research and Demographic Trends -- The Asian American Movement and Beyond: 1960 to Present -- Transnational Politics and Identities -- Asian Pacific American Voting Behavior -- Asian Pacific American Non-Voting Behavior -- Prospects for Pan-Ethnicity: Coalition or Competition? -- Politics, Media, and Racial Profiling -- Elected Leadership -- Campaigns, Elections, and Elected Officials / James S. Lai, Wendy K. Tam-Cho, Thomas P. Kim, and Okiyoshi Takeda -- Transcending the Bamboo and Glass Ceilings: Defining the Trajectory to Empower Asian Pacific Islander American Women in Politics / Elena Ong -- Remarks at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Committee of 100 / Elaine L. Chao -- The One-Hundred Year Journey: From Houseboy to the Governor's Office / Gary Locke -- Remarks at the University of Rochester Annual Meliora Weekend / Norman Y Mineta -- My Story: Being American Means Setting Expectations High / David Wu -- Contemporary Public Policy Issues in the New Millennium -- Affirmative Action -- The Affirmative Action Divide / Paul M. Ong -- Japanese American Redress and Reparations -- Japanese American Redress: The Proper Alignment Model / Harry H.L. Kitano and Mitchell T Maki -- Labor Organizing -- Building an Asian Pacific Labor Alliance: A New Chapter in Our History / Kent Wong -- Urban Riots: A Case Study of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising -- America's First Multiethnic 'Riots.'/ Edward T Chang -- Political Redistricting -- Asian Pacific Americans and Redistricting Challenges in 2001 / Leland T Saito.

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