Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES xi
4. TABLES xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. Contributors 1
8. PART ONE FRAMING THE DISCUSSION
9. 1. ASIAN AMERICANS AND POLITICS: SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM HISTORY 13
10. 2. THE RACIAL TRIANGULATION OF ASIAN AMERICANS 39
11. 3. CITIZENSHIP NULLIFICATION: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS 79
12. 4. BEYOND ELECTORAL POLITICS: RENEWING A SEARCH FOR A PARADIGM OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN POLITICS 102
13. PART TWO VOTING BEHAVIOR
14. 5. ASIAN AMERICANS AS THE MEDIAN VOTERS: AN EXPLORATION OF ATTITUDES AND VOTING PATTERNS ON BALLOT INITIATIVES 133
15. 6. CHANGING OF THE GUARD? THE EMERGING IMMIGRANT MAJORITY IN ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICS 153
16. 7. VOTING PARTICIPATION: RACE, GENDER, AND THE COMPARATIVE STATUS OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN 173
17. PART THREE EMERGING POLITICAL IDENTITIES
18. 8. U.S.-BORN, IMMIGRANT, REFUGEE, OR INDIGENOUS STATUS: PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN FAMILIES 197
19. 9. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN YOUTH: PATHWAYS FOR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 230
20. 10. SEEN, RICH, BUT UNHEARD? THE POLITICS OF ASIAN INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES 258
21. 11. THE IMPACT OF MAINSTREAM POLITICAL MOBILIZATION ON ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF KOREAN AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES, 1992-1998 285
22. PART FOUR TOWARD THE FUTURE
23. 12. PEOPLE FROM CHINA CROSSING THE RIVER: ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND FOREIGN INFLUENCE 311
24. 13. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE "LOCKE FOR GOVERNOR" CAMPAIGN 354
25. 14. BUILDING ON THE INDIGENOUS BASE: THE FUND-RAISING CONTROVERSY AND THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 367
26. 15. ASIAN AMERICANS AND MULTIRACIAL POLITICAL COALITIONS: NEW YORK CITY'S CHINATOWN AND REDISTRICTING, 1990-1991 383
27. CONTRIBUTORS 409
28. INDEX 415