Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Suburbs

This book examines racial and ethnic politics outside of the traditional context and questions the models used to understand mobility and government responsiveness.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Race, ethnicity, class, and the suburban political economy dilemma; 2. New neighbors in suburban Washington, DC: immigrant and ethnic minority settlement surrounding the nation's capital; 3. Educating immigrant, minority, and low-income students in suburbia; 4. The politics of institutionalizing day labor centers in suburbia; 5. Lost in translation: language access at government agencies in suburbia; Conclusion.

About the author

Lorrie Frasure-Yokley is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Some of her recent work appears in Urban Affairs Review and the National Political Science Review. She is the Co-Principle Investigator of the Collaborative Multi-Racial Post-Election Study (CMPS) 2008 and 2012, the first multi-state, multi-racial, multi-lingual post election study of racial and political preferences and behavior among registered voters in the United States. She is the recipient of several local and national awards, including the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Research Council of the National Academies, and the Clarence Stone Young Scholar Award of the American Political Science Association's Urban Politics Section.

Summary

This book examines racial and ethnic politics outside of the traditional urban context and questions the standard models used to understand mobility and government responses to rapid demographic change and political demands. This book is aimed at the sub-fields of racial and ethnic politics, local and state politics, and immigrant political incorporation.

Product details

• Authors: Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, Lorrie (University of California Frasure-Yokley, Frasure-Yokley Lorrie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2015
• EAN: 9781107084957
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08495-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, History of Ideas, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Society and Social Sciences, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General