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In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven, deal-oriented, economic boom of the Reagan era. Exploring the interplay between social structural change and political power during this period, John Mollenkopf asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Through a careful analysis of voting patterns, political strategies of various interest groups, and policy trends, he explains how Mayor Edward Koch created a powerful political coalition and why it ultimately failed

Demographie, so hört man oft, sei in der amerikanischen Wahlpolitik entscheidend. Im Allgemeinen soll das bedeuten, daß Personen aus derselben demographischen Kategorie dazu neigen, als Gruppe zu wählen (so z. B. Afroamerikaner oder weiße Katholiken), und daß die relative Größe dieser Gruppe im jeweiligen Wahlkreis das Wahlergebnis bestimmt. Vor diesem Hintergrund hätte New York alle Eigenschaften haben sollen, um bis 1980 einen Bürgermeister aus einer der Minderheiten zu stellen. Obwohl weit davon entfernt, die Bevölkerungsmehrheit zu stellen, machten die Schwarzen zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits 24 Prozent der Gesamtbevölkerung aus. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt, daß multirassische Koalitionen extrem schweren Zeiten entgegengehen, obwohl die demographischen Veränderungen das Entstehen solcher Koalitionen zu begünstigen scheinen. In dieser Hinsicht ist New York beispielhaft für Probleme, die eine wichtige Rolle beim Scheitern liberaler Koalitionen aus mehreren ethnischen Gruppen in Chicago, Philadelphia und Los Angeles gespielt haben. (ICE)

The ethnic mosaic: immigrant integration at the metropolitan scale / John Mollenkopf and Manuel Pastor -- The cases in context: data and destinies in seven metropolitan areas / Manuel Pastor and John Mollenkopf -- Teeming shores: immigrant reception in the fragmented metropolis of New York / Els de Graauw, Diana R. Gordon, and John Mollenkopf -- Machine matters: the politics of immigrant integration in the Chicago metro area / Jaime Dominguez -- Movements matter: immigrant integration in Los Angeles / Manuel Pastor, Juan de Lara, and Rachel Rosner -- The last suburb: immigrant integration in the inland empire / Juan D. de Lara -- "The kindness of strangers": ambivalent reception in Charlotte, North Carolina / Michael Jones Correa -- Chill winds in the valley of the sun: immigrant integration in the Phoenix region / Doris Marie Provine and Paul G. Lewis -- Out of many, one: collaborating for immigrant integration in San José / Manuel Pastor, Rachel Rosner, and Jennifer Tran -- Synthesizing the research: themes, challenges and opportunities / Manuel Pastor and John Mollenkopf

Table of Contents; Contributors ; Preface; Foreword; Part 1. Introduction; Chapter 1. The Second Generation; Chapter 2. Legacies of the Past; Chapter 3. National Conceptions of Assimilation, Integration, and Cohesion; Part 2. Results; Chapter 4. Success Against All Odds; Chapter 5. Entering the Labor Market; Chapter 6. Immigrants' Daughters and the Labor Market; Chapter 7. Neighborhoods and Perceptions of Disorder; Chapter 8. Citizenship and Participation; Chapter 9. Belonging; Part 3. Transatlantic Comparison; Chapter 10. Challenges and Opportunities; References ; Index

The political involvement of earlier waves of immigrants and their children was essential in shaping the American political climate in the first half of the twentieth century. Immigrant votes built industrial trade unions, fought for social protections and religious tolerance, and helped bring the Democratic Party to dominance in large cities throughout the country. In contrast, many scholars find that today's immigrants, whose numbers are fast approaching those of the last great wave, are politically apathetic and unlikely to assume a similar voice in their chosen country. E Pluribus Unum? delves into the wealth of research by historians of the Ellis Island era and by social scientists studying today's immigrants and poses a crucial question: What can the nation's past experience teach us about the political path modern immigrants and their children will take as Americans? E Pluribus Unum? explores key issues about the incorporation of immigrants into American public life, examining the ways that institutional processes, civic ideals, and cultural identities have shaped the political aspirations of immigrants. The volume presents some surprising re-assessments of the past as it assesses what may happen in the near future. An examination of party bosses and the party machine concludes that they were less influential political mobilizers than is commonly believed. Thus their absence from today's political scene may not be decisive. Some contributors argue that the contemporary political system tends to exclude immigrants, while others remind us that past immigrants suffered similar exclusions, achieving political power only after long and difficult struggles. Will the strong home country ties of today's immigrants inhibit their political interest here? Chapters on this topic reveal that transnationalism has always been prominent in the immigrant experience, and that today's immigrants may be even freer to act as dual citizens. E Pluribus Unum? theorizes about the fate of America's civic ethos -- has it devolved from an ideal of liberal individualism to a fractured multiculturalism, or have we always had a culture of racial and ethnic fragmentation? Research in this volume shows that today's immigrant schoolchildren are often less concerned with ideals of civic responsibility than with forging their own identity and finding their own niche within the American system of racial and ethnic distinction. Incorporating the significant influx immigrants into American society is a central challenge for our civic and political institutions -- one that cuts to the core of who we are as a people and as a nation. E Pluribus Unum? shows that while today's immigrants and their children are in some ways particularly vulnerable to political alienation, the process of assimilation was equally complex for earlier waves of immigrants. This past has much to teach us about the way immigration is again reshaping the nation. GARY GERSTLE is professor of history at the University of Maryland. JOHN MOLLENKOPF is professor of political science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. CONTRIBUTORS: Gary Gerstle, John Mollenkopf, T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Louis DeSipio, Philip Gleason, Luis Eduardo Guarnizo, Desmond King, Ewa Morawska, Laurie Olsen, Evelyn Savidge Sterne, David Tyack, and Reed Ueda.

pt. 1. Frameworks -- pt. 2. Exploring immigrant political incorporation -- pt. 3. Immigrants' local political opportunity structures -- pt. 4. Immigrants' national political opportunity structures -- pt. 5. Immigrants' political opportunity structures beyond the state -- pt. 6. Immigrants' political resources and strategies -- pt. 7. The road ahead