Contents:
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Who Am I? Mapping Ethnic Self-Identities 3. Political Orientations: Beliefs and Attitudes about Government 4. Understanding the Contours, Sources, and Impacts of Political Partisanship 5. Political Participitation in Electoral and Non-electoral Settings 6. Where and When Does Gender Matter? 7. Conclusions and Implications Appendix: Question Wording and Coding Scheme of the Pilot National Asian American Political Survey References

Through the perspectives of mass politics, this book challenges popular misconceptions about Asian Americans as politically apathetic, disloyal, fragmented, unsophisticated and inscrutable by showcasing results of the 2000-01 Multi City Asian American Political Survey.