The politics of minority coalitions : race, ethnicity, and shared uncertainties

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The politics of minority coalitions : race, ethnicity, and shared uncertainties

edited by Wilbur C. Rich

Praeger, 1996

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: hbk ISBN 9780275954888

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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.

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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
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: pbk ISBN 9780275954895

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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.

Table of Contents

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

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