New race politics america

Jane Junn, Kerry L. Haynie052185427X, 9780521854276, 9780511397066

Foreign migration to the United States is dramatically altering the demographic profile of the American electorate. Nearly a third of all Americans are of non-white and non-European descent. Latinos and Hispanics have recently eclipsed African Americans as the largest minority group in the United States. Between 1990 and 2000, Asians doubled the size of their population to more than 4 percent of Americans. Though immigration has altered the racial and ethnic composition of every state in the nation, surprisingly little is known about the consequences of this new heterogeneity for American politics. This book explores the impact and political consequences of immigration. After considering the organizations that mobilize new citizens to politics, the authors examine the political psychology of group consciousness for political mobilization. Finally, they consider the emerging patterns and choices of new voters.

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Table of contents :
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Dedication……Page 7
Contents……Page 9
Contributors……Page 11
Acknowledgments……Page 13
1 New Race Politics: The Changing Face of the American Electoral Landscape……Page 15
A NEWIDENTITY POLITICS IN A DYNAMIC RACIAL
ENVIRONMENT?……Page 17
ECHOES OF OUR PAST AS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS……Page 20
THE ELECTORAL CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRATION……Page 23
MOBILIZING IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY VOTING……Page 25
UNDERSTANDING NEW RACE POLITICS: OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS……Page 27
2 In Whose Interest?: Political Parties, Context, and the Incorporation of Immigrants……Page 31
IMMIGRANT POLITICAL INCORPORATION IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY……Page 32
PARTIES AND IMMIGRANTS IN THE EARLY
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY……Page 35
NONPARTY GROUPS AND IMMIGRANT INCORPORATION
……Page 38
PARTIES OPTING OUT: A CASE STUDY OF LOCAL
POLITICS IN SYRACUSE……Page 41
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND POLITICAL INCORPORATION……Page 43
IN WHOSE INTEREST? THE FUTURE OF IMMIGRANT
POLITICAL INCORPORATION……Page 49
3 Beyond Black and White: The Experiences and Effects of Economic Status among Racial and Ethnic Minorities……Page 53
GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINOS, AND ASIAN AMERICANS……Page 54
A THEORY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS……Page 56
TESTING THE THEORY OF OPPORTUNITIES……Page 59
RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP INTERESTS……Page 60
ECONOMIC STATUS……Page 62
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION……Page 63
THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC STATUS ON SUPPORT FOR GROUP INTERESTS……Page 64
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION……Page 65
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE EQUALITY……Page 67
THE VARIED EXPERIENCES OF ECONOMIC STATUS……Page 69
SPECIFYING THE EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC STATUS……Page 70
ATTENTION TO RACE……Page 71
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO ENSURE EQUALITY……Page 74
CONCLUSION……Page 77
Independent Variables……Page 81
4 Activity amid Diversity: Asian American Political Participation……Page 84
APPLYING TRADITIONAL MODELS OF PARTICIPATION TO ASIAN AMERICANS……Page 85
THE IMPACT OF MINORITY GROUP STATUS, IMMIGRATION, AND ETHNIC ORIGIN……Page 88
EXPLAINING ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION……Page 91
THE CONTOURS OF ASIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION……Page 95
ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVITY AMID DIVERSITY……Page 106
5 Get Me to the Polls on Time: Coethnic Mobilization and Latino Turnout……Page 109
DOES THE SHOE FIT? TRADITIONAL MODELS AND LATINO VOTING……Page 110
LATINOS AND THE 2000 ELECTION……Page 112
California……Page 114
Florida……Page 116
Illinois……Page 117
New York……Page 118
LATINO COETHNIC MOBILIZATION IN THE 2000 ELECTION……Page 119
Direct Effects of Ethnic Mobilization……Page 121
GETTING LATINOS TO THE POLLS……Page 124
6 Se Habla Espanol: Ethnic Campaign Strategies and Latino Voting Behavior……Page 128
TARGETING LATINO VOTERS……Page 130
THE IMPACT OF ETHNIC CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS……Page 133
MOBILIZING THE LATINO VOTE……Page 142
7 Structuring Group Activism: A Macro Model of Black Participation……Page 144
BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL……Page 145
SITUATING BLACK ACTIVISM……Page 148
TRENDS IN BLACK POLITICAL PARTICIPATION……Page 151
STRUCTURING ACTIVISM……Page 157
8 Black Elites and Latino Immigrant Relations in a Southern City: Do Black Elites and the Black Masses Agree?……Page 159
RACE RELATIONS IN A SOUTHERN CITY……Page 160
ELITE INFLUENCE ON BLACK ATTITUDES……Page 163
DO BLACK ELITES AND THE BLACK MASSES AGREE?……Page 167
ATTITUDES AMONG BLACK ELITES AND MASSES IN DURHAM……Page 176
APPENDIX A: METHODS FOR CODING
AND ANALYZING ELITE DATA……Page 177
APPENDIX B: QUESTION WORDING FOR 2003 DURHAM SURVEY
OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS (DSIR)……Page 178
9 Understanding the New Race Politics: Conclusions and Challenges……Page 180
CHALLENGES FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE……Page 185
References……Page 189
Index……Page 207