Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States

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Abernethy, Thomas, 79 Act of 9 May 1918, 77 Act of 1 August 1894, 75 Act of 17 July 1862, 75 affirmative action, 235; elimination of, 28–29, 262; opposition to, 239; racial classification and, 26; support of, 237. See also Proposition 209 African Americans, 175, 191; citizenship and, 86; civil rights movement and, 33; competition with, 211–12; differentiation of, 196 –99, 209–10, 213; disenfranchisement of, 45; identities of, 34, 38, 135; intermarriage and, 27–28, 38, 215; Jim Crow society and, 22; military service and, 80, 85–87; mobilization of, 37; party identification and, 7, 129, 135–36, 149, 198; political behavior of, 27, 33, 36, 178–79, 181–85, 188–89, 192; political coalitions and, 7; political participation of, 33, 182, 185–87, 192, 251; population and, 80, 211; stereotypes and, 11, 195– 96, 199–201, 204 –5, 208–9, 211– 16; terminology for, 13 Alinsky, Saul, 70; model, 65 Allen, Leo, 78 American dream, 6 –7 Americanization, 6, 75–76 American National Election Studies (ANES), 131, 135–37, 149, 187, 188, 232 anti-immigrant sentiments, 4, 53, 263; growth of, 51, 53 Arab Americans, 6, 15–16, 25 Asian Americans, 151–71; age of, 162–63; assimilation of, 219, 221, 224, 227, 238; categorizing of, 13, 23, 25, 31, 142, 216; contactability of, 159–65; discrimination of, 22, 23, 27, 199–200, 208, 215; ethnic identity and, 32–36, 163–65; identities of, 34, 148; intermarriage of, 27–28, 38; national level of, 16; naturalization of, 86, 109, 179; party identification and, 7, 10, 129–31, 134 – 41, 144, 146 – 49, 264; political behavior of, 7, 11, 234, 237, 256; political mobilization of, 37, 151, 156 –57, 161, 169; political participation of, 22, 36 –37, 44, 151, 168, 210, 247, 252, 255, 257, 267; population of, 24, 150–51, 156, 215; research and, 7, 16, 36, 195, 205, 222–24, 226, 232; stereotyping of, 10, 201; voter turnout of, 151–53, 156, 158, 165–69, 229. See also Pilot National Asian American Politics Study (PNAAPS) assimilation: cultural, 220, 226, 232; culture and, 239, 255, 266; definition of, 2, 14 –15, 217–19; effects of, 36, 147; indicator of, 221, 227, 238; model of, 11, 218, 219, 224, 239, 245, 248–50, 255, 262, 266 – 67; party identification and, 148; patterns of, 37, political, 220, 222, 234 –35, 237–38, 240; process of, 221; structural, 219–20, 225, Index assimilation (continued) 237, 239– 40. See also segmented assimilation Association of Multiethnic Americans, 27 balkanization: “blackness” and, 37; cultural, 9, 217; definition of, 14; theories of, 14 ballot initiative. See Proposition 54; Proposition 63, Proposition 187; Proposition 209; Proposition 227 Bedolla, Lisa Garcia, 9, 51–70 bilingual education, 157–58, 225, 235, 241 Bradley, Tom, 4 Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 106 Bush, George W., 55, 232; administration of, 5, 232; immigration proposals of, 55, 59, 81–82, 137 Cain, Bruce, 9, 89–105 California, 4 –5 Cape Verdeans, 25 Carter, Jimmy, 137 Census 2000, 40, 80 Center for Asian Americans United for Self-Empowerment (CAUSE), 157 Chinese Americans, 20, 164; party identification of, 146, 150; voter turnout of, 167, 170 Cho, Grace, 9, 71–88 citizenship, 7–10, 15, 22, 50, 52, 54 – 55, 57, 61, 63, 64, 69, 70–78, 80– 95, 97, 99, 101– 4, 108, 109, 111, 117, 119, 121, 131, 180, 187, 207, 234, 239, 243, 245, 248, 254, 264, 266 –68, 271, 272, 276, 279, 284 – 88, 291, 292, 294 Citrin, Jack, 11, 217– 42 civic engagement, 66, 106 –26, 212– 13, 237, 244, 246; defined, 221, 244; forms of, 187, 229 civic voluntarism, 11, 84, 244, 252; decrease in, 251; engagement in, 253–55, 257; measures of, 246 – 47, 249, 257 civil rights: legislation, 22–23; movement , 33, 188, 191–92, 262; organizations , 26 –27; party identification and, 7, 129. See also Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 23 Civil War, 53, 74 –75, 77; aftermath of, 20–21, 85; immigration wave and, 123 Clinton, Bill, 27, 232 colonial era, 52 conservative ideology, 129, 134, 139, 142, 144, 146, 182, 232, 237, 239, 264 conscription, 74, 83 Continental Army, 73–74, 85 Creoles, 25 Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John de, 1–2, 4, 14 Cubans: as asylum seekers, 57; classification of, 38, 40; naturalization of, 110; party identification and, 38, 136, 144, 150; political participation of, 252 cultural integration, 224, 226 –29 Current...