1st Edition
Political Participation and Ethnic Minorities Chinese Overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the United States
By Amy L. Freedman
Copyright 2000
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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From New York City's Chinatown to urban Indonesia, there are fifty-five million ethnic Chinese living outside of China. Their strong sense of community, along with their considerable economic clout, makes them a compelling group with which to study immigrant political participation. Amy Freedman's empirical study examines the hows and whys of Chinese overseas political activity in three diverse... Read more
1 INTRODUCTION 2 THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND INFLUENCE 3 MALAYSIA: INSTITUTIONALIZED PARTICIPATION 4 SUHARTO’S INDONESIA: OUTSIDERS TIED TO THE PALACE 5 CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES 6 SUBURBANIZATION: CHINESE IN MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA 7 NEW YORK: THE CITY OF ETHNIC POLITICS
Biography
Amy L. Freedman is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College. She received both her Ph.D. in comparative politics and international relations from New York University.
