Ethnicity and political participation: A comparison between Asian and Mexican Americans

Lien, Pei-te

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“…Insights gleaned from this approach have more recently been applied to the study of other groups such as Asian-American women (Lien 1994), Asian-American sexual minorities (Chung amd Katayama 1998), African-American sexual minorities (Bowleg et al 2003;Carbado 2000a), Latino immigrant women (Salgado de Synder et al 1990), and NativeAmerican lesbians (Witt 1981). Other models claim that a person's class status inextricably defines their race and gender and thus must be included in double jeopardy scholarship (Jeffries and Ransford 1980;Ransford and Miller 1983;see also Carbado 2002;McLeod and Owens 2004 for intersectionality and class).…”

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Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

2008

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The hypothesis that possessing multiple subordinate-group identities renders a person "invisible" relative to those with a single subordinate-group identity is developed. We propose that androcentric, ethnocentric, and heterocentric ideologies will cause people who have multiple subordinategroup identities to be defined as non-prototypical members of their respective identity groups. Because people with multiple subordinate-group identities (e.g., ethnic minority woman) do not fit the prototypes of their respective identity groups (e.g., ethnic minorities, women), they will experience what we have termed "intersectional invisibility." In this article, our model of intersectional invisibility is developed and evidence from historical narratives, cultural representations, interest-group politics, and anti-discrimination legal frameworks is used to illustrate its utility. Implications for social psychological theory and research are discussed.If the most violent punishments of men consisted of floggings and mutilations, women were flogged and mutilated, as well as raped. (Davis 1981, p. 7) Without in any way underplaying the enormous problems that poor African American women face, I want to suggest that the burdens of African American men have always been oppressive, dispiriting, demoralizing, and soul-killing, whereas those of women have always been at least partly generative, empowering, and humanizing. (Patterson 1995 pp. 62-3)

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Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

2008

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“…A number of studies-using simple measures of solidarity-have concluded that there is no reliable positive correlation between the concept and political participation (e.g., Leighley and Vedlitz, 1999;Lien, 1994;Uhlaner, Cain, and Kiewet, 1989;Verba et al, 1995). Several of the authors are puzzled by this result.…”

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Racial Solidarity and Political Participation

2005

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Studies conducted in the 1960s and 1970s generally confirmed that racial group solidarity boosted rates of participation among African Americans. But since the 1980s, research has tended to conclude that the effect of solidarity on voter turnout among blacks and other minorities has moderated if not faded entirely. We hypothesize that part of this observed decline is explained by a dilution of measures of group solidarity in recent studies. We argue that a fair test of racial solidarity requires using a comprehensive measure that incorporates both psychological ''identification'' and the ideological beliefs that comprise ''consciousness.'' Moreover, we hypothesize that the effects of solidarity, will vary across forms of participation and be greatest on political activities that require group coordination. Our re-analysis of the 1984 NBES using separate measures of identification and consciousness indicates that the more narrowly circumscribed measures of these concepts used in recent studies are likely to have underestimated its influence on political participation. We show that racial identification and consciousness had a modest effect on voting turnout in 1984, but a significant influence on participation in several traditional campaign activities, petitioning government officials, and especially participation in protests and boycotts.

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“…In reported findings it is often difficult to know whether "Asian-Americans" or "Latinos" are immigrants or US-born and whether place of birth makes a difference in a study's results. Tentatively, it seems that Hispanic immigrant citizens participate in electoral politics and other mainstream political activities at levels almost comparable to those of the native-born once controls have been introduced for socio-economic status, but Asian immigrants tend on most measures to be less active than White and Black native-born groups (Lien, 1994;Uhlaner, 1996;Uhlaner, Cain, & Kieweit, 1989;Verba, Schlozman, Brady, & Nie, 1993). Stasiulis's (1997) critique regarding the lack of research and the secondary position of immigrants in the literature on political participation can apply as readily to the US as to Canada.…”

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Citizenship and immigration a current review

Bloemraad

2000

Int. Migration & Integration

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The presence of immigrants and their activities challenge traditional notions of citizenship centred on the conflation of national and state membership. Four dimensions of citizenship--defined here as membership in a socio-political community--are identified: legal status, rights, identity, and participation. Discussion centres on the constraints and determinants of naturalization, the extent to which rights are linked to personhood rather than membership in a nation-state, and the challenge to state identity and cohesion produced by multiculturalism. It is suggested that future research should consider citizenship as participation. This dimension highlights how immigrants' transnational activities challenge traditional views of citizenship. We cannot, however, dismiss the importance of the state. The concept of participation is therefore also important since it focuses attention on dynamic interactions between the individual and the nation-state. La presence des immigrants et leurs activitds remettent en question les notions traditionnellesde citoyennetd selon lesquelles les individus appartiennent dl un ]~tat qui correspond ?l une nation. La citoyennet~, d~ftnie ici comme dtant l'appartenance d~ une communautd sociopolitique, comporte quatre dimensions: le statut Idgal, les droits, l'identitd et la participation. Le ddbat es t surtout ax~ sur les contraintes et les ddterminants de la naturalisation, sur la relation entre les droits et le citoyen en tant qu'individu plutSt que membre d'un ~tat-nation, et sur la menace que reprdsente le multiculturalisme pour l'identitd et la cohdsion de l'(~tat. Selon l' auteur, la dimension de participation sera une piste importante ~ suivre ?~ l' avenir. Dans le cas des immigrants dont les activitds sont transnationales, cette dimension montre les limites des iddes traditionnelles de citoyennet~. Nous ne pouvons toutefois pas ignorer l'importance de l'~tat. L?z encore, le concept de participation met en relief les interactions dynamiques entre l'individu et l'(3tat-nation.The past decade has seen a marked resurgence of discussion and interest in the concept of citizenship, with debates taking place not only in scholarly circles, but also among policy analysts, politicians, and in the popular press. At the cusp of a new millenium, it seems appropriate to review this literature. Of particular interest is how immigrants, through their migration and 0 2000 by PCERII. All rights reserved./Tous dmits rOserv6s.

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Ethnicity and political participation: A comparison between Asian and Mexican Americans

Cited by 143 publications

References 22 publications

Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

Intersectional Invisibility: The Distinctive Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiple Subordinate-Group Identities

Racial Solidarity and Political Participation

Citizenship and immigration a current review

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