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Author Lien, Pei-te, 1957- author.

Title The politics of Asian Americans : diversity and community / Pei-te Lien, M. Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction""; ""Research Question and Project Outline""; ""Who is “Asian� American? An Evolving Population""; ""Evolving Definitions in the U.S. Census""; ""Historical and Contemporary Community Formation�Entering One Group at a Time""; ""Who are Asian Americans? Confronting Popular Myths""; ""Observations 1�13""; ""Unique Challenges and Opportunities for Studying the Mass Political Behavior of Asian Americans""; ""Debating Conceptual Frameworks""; ""Assimilation/Acculturation""; ""Segmented Assimilation""; ""Transnationalism""
""Panethnicization and Racial Formation""""Overcoming Practical Difficulties in Research Methodology with the PNAAPS""; ""Description of Survey Methodology""; ""Limitations of the Survey""; ""Who Participated in the Survey? A Profile of Respondents""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 2 Who Am I? Mapping Ethnic Self-Identities""; ""Theorizing the Formation and Contours of Ethnic Identity""; ""Section Summary and Discussion""; ""How Asian Americans Report Their Ethnic Self-Identity""; ""The Mode and Extent of Ethnic Identification among PNAAPS Respondents""
""Assessing Impacts of Survey Context on Ethnic Self-Identification""""Question Wording""; ""Interview Language and Sampling Method""; ""Gauging Subjective Ethnic Identity with Sociopsychological Measures""; ""Common Culture""; ""Shared Fate""; ""News Attention""; ""Explaining the Formation of Ethnic Self-Identities: Percentage Distribution of Possible Correlates""; ""Sociopsychological Indicators of Ethnicity""; ""Political Integration/Civic Participation""; ""Acculturation""; ""Racial Interaction""; ""Homeland Ties""
""Understanding Ethnic Self-Identity Choices: Multinomial Regression Results""""Predicting the Adoption and Intensity of Pan-Asian American Identity: Multivariate Results""; ""Discussion and Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3 Political Orientations: Beliefs and Attitudes about Government""; ""Factors Influencing the Acquisition of Political Orientations""; ""Political Orientations and Their Correlates""; ""Political Ideology""; ""Political Interest""; ""Political Trust""; ""Perceived Government Responsiveness""; ""Perceived Influence on Government Decisions""
""Summary Observations by Basic Sociodemographic Variables""""Other Possible Correlates of Political Orientations""; ""Results of Multivariate Analyses""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Ideology""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Interest""; ""Predicting Patterns of Political Trust in Local Public Officials""; ""Predicting Local Public Officials� Perceived Responsiveness to Citizen Complaints""; ""Predicting Perceived Influence over Local Government Officials� Decisions""; ""Discussion and Conclusion""
Summary Through the perspectives of mass politics, this book challenges popular misconceptions about Asian Americans as politically apathetic, disloyal, fragmented, unsophisticated and inscrutable by showcasing results of the Pilot National Asian American Political Survey.
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Subject Asian Americans -- Politics and government.
Asian Americans -- Politics and government.
Asian Americans.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Asian Americans -- Statistics.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Electronic books.
Statistics.
Added Author Conway, M. Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1935- author.
Wong, Janelle, author.
Other Form: Print version: Lien, Pei-te, 1957- Politics of Asian Americans. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415934648 (DLC) 2003013136 (OCoLC)52509406
ISBN 0203505840 (electronic book)
9780203505847 (electronic book)
0415934648 (alkaline paper)
9780415934640 (alkaline paper)
9780415934657 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0415934656 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1280048492
9781280048494