Wilbur Rich

The Politics of Minority Coalitions

Race, Ethnicity, and Shared Uncertainties

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This important new volume analyzes relations among America's minority groups, specifically the prospects of political coalitions among those usually unrelated groups: African Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos, Jews, Arab-Americans, and Native Americans. At the end of the 20th century, the United States is faced with a situation where minority groups are no longer assimilating but rather are moving toward separate mini-societies, complete with separate languages, cultures, and economies. Even if society accepts the notion that cultural pluralism is consistent with democratic principles, the possibility of political hyperpluralism (endless and nonproductive conflicts among groups) is disturbing. This volume, therefore, attempts to address the concerns, examining the background of minority organizations, voting behavior issues, and coalitional possibilities. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students alike in American government and ethnic and minority politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9780275954895
• ISBN-10: 0275954897
• Artikelnr.: 29021853

Autorenporträt

WILBUR C. RICH is Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. He is the author of Black Mayors and School Politics (1996) and Coleman Young and Detroit Politics (1989).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction by Wilbur C. Rich African Americans and the
Coalitional Mood An Anatomy of the Black Political Class by Martin L.
Kilson Blacks and Coalition Politics: A Theoretical Reconceptualization by
Jerry Gafio Watts Coalition and Competition: Patterns of Black-Latino
Relations in Urban Politics by Paula D. McClain Asian Americans, Conflicts,
and Political Self Korean-Black Conflicts and Street Level Politics by Yong
Hyo Cho and Pan Suk Kim Beyond Redress: The Future of Japanese American
Politics on the Mainland by Don Toshiaki Nakanishi Bridges Across
Continents: South Asians in the United States by Arati Rao Exclusion and
Fragmentation in Ethnic Politics: Chinese Americans in Urban Politics by L.
Ling-Chi Wang Latinos and the Challenge of Politics Cuban Americans in
Miami Politics: Understanding the Cuban Model by Dario Moreno The Effects
of Primordial Claims, Immigration, and the Voting Rights Act on Mexican
American Sociopolitical Incorporation by Rodolfo O. de la Garza More Than
the Sum of Its Parts: The Building Blocks of a Pan-Ethnic Latino Identity
by Louis DeSipio Jews and American Politics American Jews and Their Liberal
Political Behavior by Lana Stein The Impact of Demographic and Social
Change on the Jewish Political Agenda in the 1990s by Terri Susan Fine
Native Americans and the Challenge of Urban Life Coalitions and Alliances:
The Case of Indigenous Resistance to the Columbian Quincentenary by Glenn
T. Morris Politics in the Mainstream: Native Americans as the Invisible
Minority by Walter C. Fleming Arab Americans and Political Images Arabs and
Muslims in the American Society by Mohammad T. Mehdi The Arab Lobby:
Political Identity and Participation by Ayad Al-Qazzaz Index About the
Contributors