Contesting the last frontier : race, gender, ethnicity, and political representation of Asian Americans / Pei-te Lien and Nicole Filler.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) : illustrations (colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190077716Subject(s): Asian Americans -- Politics and government | Asian American legislators | Women -- Political activity -- United States
| Minorities -- Political activity -- United States | Race -- Political aspects -- United States | Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190077679DDC classification: 324.08995073 LOC classification: E184.A75Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Pei-te Lien and Nicole Filler examine the scope and significance of the rise of Asian Pacific Americans (APA) in US elective office over the past half-century. Drawing on an original dataset of APA electoral participation and in-depth interviews with elected officials, Lien and Filler take an unprecedented look at APA officials' trajectories to office, their divergent patterns of political socialisation, the barriers and opportunities they face on the campaign trail, and how these elected officials enact their roles as representatives at local, state, and federal levels of government.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pei-te Lien and Nicole Filler examine the scope and significance of the rise of Asian Pacific Americans (APA) in US elective office over the past half-century. Drawing on an original dataset of APA electoral participation and in-depth interviews with elected officials, Lien and Filler take an unprecedented look at APA officials' trajectories to office, their divergent patterns of political socialisation, the barriers and opportunities they face on the campaign trail, and how these elected officials enact their roles as representatives at local, state, and federal levels of government.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 10, 2022).