Minority Politics at the Millennium / Edition 1

by Richard A. Keiser, Katherine Underwood

Overview

First published in 2000. This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US: Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities - Richard A. Keiser * Electoral Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation - Richard L. Engstrom * Life After Districts - Amy B. Bridges & Katherine Underwood * The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics - Louis DeSipio * Can Cities be Elastic and Democratic too? - Arnold P. Fleischmann * Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African-Americans in Cities - Rufus Browning,, Dale Rodgers Marshall, & David Tabb * White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray -Richard A. Keiser * Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply? - Thomas Longoria, Jr. * On Asian-American political incorporative prospects - James S. Lai * Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York - Donald B. Rosenthal * A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century - Katherine Underwood

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815335191
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Contemporary Urban Affairs , #9
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard A. Keiser (Author) , Katherine Underwood (Author

Table of Contents

Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities: Richard A. Keiser Electoral Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation: Richard L. Engstrom Life After Districts: Amy B. Bridges and Katherine Underwood The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics: Louis DeSipio Can Cities be Elastic and Democratic too? Arnold P. Fleischmann Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incoporation of African-Americans in Cities: Rufus Browning, Dale Rodgers Marshall and David Tabb White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray: Richard A. Keiser Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply? Thomas Longoria, Jr. On Asian-American Political Incorporative Prospects: James S. Lai Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York: Donald B. Rosenthal A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century: Katherine Underwood