Contesting the Last Frontier: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Political Representation of Asian Americans

ISBN-13: 9780190077686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 288 str.

Pei-Te Lien; Nicole Filler

Recenzje

This wonderful book provides an unparalleled understanding of the perspectives and motivations of Asian Pacific American elected officials at all levels of US government. Drawing on in-depth interviews, published profiles and interviews, and a comprehensive dataset of APA elected officials spanning nearly a century, Lien and Filler incisively analyze and illuminate the historical contexts and the racial, ethnic, gender, and social class intersectional challenges faced by these public servants to reveal the critical roles they have played in the ongoing development of the American political order.

O autorze

Pei-te Lien is Professor of Political Science, affiliated with Asian American Studies, Feminist Studies, and Black Studies, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an award-winning author, co-author, and co-editor of numerous publications on the political participation and representation of Asian and other nonwhite Americans. Nicole Filler was an instructor at Highline College and is currently research coordinator at the Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston.