The State of Asian America: Trajectory of Civic and Political Engagement
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2008 | Volume V Editors: Paul M. Ong LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute |
Table of Contents
| Preface by Margaret Ashida and J.D. Hokoyama | vii |  |
| Acknowledgements | x | |
| Chapter 1 - Introduction - "Asian American Civic and Political Engagement" by Paul Ong and Megan Emiko Scott |
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| Appendix A: Concepts and Terms Related to Civic and Political Engagement | 15 | |
| Appendix B: LEAP Survey of Community Stakeholders | 21 | |
| Appendix C: Asian American Population Projection by Nativity | 26 | |
| I. Levels of Participation | ||
| Chapter 2 - "Political Participation and Civic Voluntarism" by Karthick Ramakrishnan | 31 | |
| Chapter 3 - "Political and Civic Engagement of Immigrants" by Pei-te Lien | 47 | |
| Chapter 4 - "Asian American College Students and Civic Engagement" by Julie J. Park, Monica H. Lin, Oiyan A. Poon and Mitchell J. Chang |
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| Chapter 5 - "Engaging Online" by Jerry Kang | 99 | |
| II. Racial & Ethnic Identification | ||
| Chapter 6 - "Asian American Panethnicity: Challenges and Possibilities" by Yen Le Espiritu | 119 | |
| Chapter 7 - "The Usual Suspects: Asian Americans as Conditional Citizens" by Claire Jean Kim |
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| Chapter 8 - "Connecting the Dots: Understanding the Importance of Census Participation to Civic Engagement" by Terry M. Ao | 165 | |
| III: Institutional Factors | ||
| Chapter 9 - "Growth and Diversity of Asian American Nonprofit Organizations" by Chi-kan Richard Hung | 181 | |
| Chapter 10 - "Civic Engagement as a Pathway to Partisanship Acquisition for Asian Americans." by Taeku Lee | 207 | |
| Chapter 11 - "Organizing Asian Americans in to Labor Unions" by Marlene Kim | 241 | |
| References | 271 | |
| Contributors | 305 | |
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