TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martinez-Ebers,Valerie
AU  - Dorraj,Manochehr
TI  - Perspectives on race, ethnicity, and religion: identity politics in America 
SN  - 9780195381702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - E184.A1 P47 2010
U1  - 305.800973 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - United States
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; INTRODUCTION; 1. Change and Continuity in the Experiences of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities in America; PART ONE: THE BROADER CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES; 2. Globalization and the American Nation; 3. A World Between: Multiple Identities and the Challenges Faced by First Generation Immigrants; 4. Immigration: Trends, Demographics, and Patterns of Political Incorporation; 5. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Accommodating Religious Diversity; PART TWO: THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND EXPERIENCES OF SELECT MINORITY GROUPS; 6. Measured Sovereignty: The Political Experiences of Indigenous Peoples as Nations and Individuals; 7. Linked Fates, Disconnected Realities: The Post-Civil Rights African American Politics; 8. The Influence of History on the Policy Positions and Partisanship of Hispanics in the United States; 9. Model Minority or Perpetual Foreigner? The Political Experience of Asian Americans; 10. Anti-Semitism and the Jewish-American Political Experience; 11. Islamophobia, the Muslim Stereotype, and the Muslim-American Political Experience; 12. Concluding Thoughts on a Changing America; APPENDIX 1; EDITORS AND CHAPTER AUTHORS BIOGRAPHIES
ER  -