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Asian Americans have been underrepresented in voter registration & turnout, while Asian American women vote on par with Asian American males & have higher education & incomes. The relative importance of race, class, & gender in predicting political behavior was reviewed using 1992 & 1996 election & census data. Multivariate regression analysis controlling for class showed that voter registration & turnout rates were lower among minorities than whites & higher among black & white females than males. Especially in 1996, Asian Americans suffered a turnout deficit in comparison to blacks, Latinos, & Native Americans, & exhibited equal turnout rates for Asian American men & women, showing that the race variable is more predominant than gender in support of the hypothesis. 3 Tables. M. Pflum

Argues that the participatory disparity of Asian Americans, as different from Latinos, cannot be explained with sociodemographic & group consciousness variables. Adopting the view that ethnicity is an evolving rather than a static phenomenon, multidimensional measures of ethnicity are proposed for two immigrant groups -- Asian & Mexican Americans. Data collected in 1984 in CA reveal that the two groups, despite a huge socioeconomic gap, have similar ethnicity & participation structures: acculturation increases participation, & attachment to homeland culture does not necessarily discourage participation. It is contended that the role of group consciousness is much more complex than previously conceived. 4 Tables, 1 Appendix, 62 References. Adapted from the source document.

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.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The Current Status: A Two-Tiered Picture -- The Puzzle and Some Macro Answers -- An Alternative Approach: Studying the Individuals -- 2. Theories of Ethnicity and Political Participation -- Definition of Key Concepts -- Ethnicity -- Asian American Panethnicity -- Political Participation -- Models of Minority Group Political Participation -- Group Culture Model -- Socioeconomic Model -- Demographic Model -- Socio-Psychological Model -- Legal Constraint Model -- 3. Methodology -- Studying Asian American Political Participation -- The Need for Survey Data -- Limitations of Secondary Survey Analysis -- Data -- Method -- Operational Definitions -- Political Participation -- (Pan)ethnicity-Function of Objective Background -- (Pan)ethnicity-Function of Subjective Factors -- The Structures of Panethnicity Across Racial/Ethnic Groups -- 4. The Political Participation of Asian Americans in a Multiethnic Setting: Results of the Southern California Survey -- Comparing Asian American to Other Racial/Ethnic Groups in the Aggregate -- Understanding Asian American Participation in a Comparative Perspective -- Sorting Out Correlates of Participation -- 5. Another Look at Asian American Ethnicity: Integration of Korean Immigrants in Los Angeles, 1992 -- Koreans in Los Angeles -- Preliminary Observations from Summary Statistics -- The Structure of Korean Immigrant Ethnicity -- Results from Multiple Regression Analysis -- 6. Does (Under-)Participation Matter? -- The Issues -- The Meaning of Participation Among Asian Americans -- The Meaning of Asian Participation in a Comparative Perspective -- 7. Conclusion -- Summary of Findings -- Political Parties -- Ethnic Community Organizations -- Ethnic Media -- Appendices

"There has been an undisputed increase in the importance of migration over the past decades. It is one of the effects of an increasingly globalized world, where capitalism and free trade are gaining prominence. Migration in East and Southeast Asia aims to bring migration-related problems in Asia to the forefront. The first part of the book deals with migration in Greater China, a region influenced by Confucianism. The "three Chinas" used to have a close connection in the past, and presently share much similarity. The Hong Kongese and Taiwanese societies are based on migration from Mainland China. However, each society has endured significant social, economic, and political changes. The second part of the book offers a closer look at migration flows in Southeast Asia. Most of the intra-ASEAN migration involves low-skilled labor for construction, agriculture, and domestic work. This book hopes to offer valuable insights into various topics related to migration in the region."--Publisher's website

Asian Americans as a force for political change on both sides of the Pacific.

Asian Pacific American Politics presents some of the most recent research on Asian American politics, including both quantitative and qualitative examinations of the role of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in some of today's major political controversies. In the highly polarized politics of the United States in the early 21st century, non-Black racial minorities such as Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans will increasingly find themselves swept into the epicenter of many of the divisive controversies. This timely volume presents the latest scholarly research on some of these issues, examining questions such as Asian American support for #Black Lives Matter, responses to racially-charged attacks, and the differences in the political socialization, politicization, and community-based activism within and across sectors of the Asian American population. In addition to examining political identity, voting participation, political mobilization, transnational politics, and partisan formation, the volume also investigates important, but little discussed, issues such as the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement, political incorporation of Filipino Americans, and the struggle to establish "comfort women" memorials in the United States. Contributors also examine, through dialogues, how Asian Americans fit into the larger world of American racial politics, the extent to which they are likely to build coalitions with other communities of color, and the boundaries and contours of Asian American political theory