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Organizing Asian Americans' Political Participation in a Southern Metropolis
Organizing Asian Americans' Political Participation in a Southern Metropolis
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260311091544.5
- ISBN
- 9798270229238
- DDC
- 324
- 저자명
- Liang, Chen
- 서명/저자
- Organizing Asian Americans Political Participation in a Southern Metropolis / Chen Liang
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025
- 형태사항
- 1 electronic resource (204 pages)
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisors: Rudrappa, Sharmila; Shapira, Harel Committee members: Auyero, Javier; Chen, Carolyn; Erving, Christy L.
- 학위논문주기
- - Ph.D. : The University of Texas at Austin, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation studies Asian American partisan political organizers' aspirations and efforts to make their demographics matter in US electoral politics. The findings are based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork from March 2021 to November 2022 and 95 in-depth interviews with Asian American partisan and non-partisan political organizers in Houston, Texas. In this dissertation, I highlight the experiences of marginalization and ostracism Asian Americans encounter in US politics today and the hardships of organizing a diverse group with vastly different backgrounds, as well as a nuanced analysis of how their pursuit of political power reproduces racial inequality. I take Asian Americans as a case to spell out the challenges that communities of color with a recent immigration history face when they strive to incorporate themselves and their communities into the US political landscape. I contend that the first lesson organizers with Asian heritage learn when entering US politics is that everything is organized around race. Even if they do not identify with Asian Americans this categorical membership, the constant racism against them in politics makes them realize that, in US politics, they are Asian Americans in the eyes of others. Furthermore, these organizers with Asian heritages all witness how white people, African Americans, and Latinx unite around their racial status for political power. As a result, these organizers' awareness of the significance of the Asian American racial status and unity in politics is often the outcome of engaging in highly racialized US politics. It is the feeling of being marginalized and the desire for political influences that fuel their political activism aiming at making Asian Americans matter in politics. However, the wish for Asian American unity does not always translate into reality. I expand the literature on immigrants' diasporic politics by underscoring the ways homeland politics breaks immigrants' political solidarity in the receiving countries. I offer a three-tier analysis of how homeland politics influences Asian Americans' political behavior, including intra-ethnic, intra-regional, and intra-continent conflicts. Using examples ranging from the conflicts in North and South Vietnam, Hindus and Muslims, and Muslims and Chinese, I illuminate a complicated landscape mined with divisions that these Asian American partisan political organizers need to navigate to unite the diverse Asian American communities. Despite these challenges, Asian American political organizers in my study persevere and remain committed to their political engagement and activism. Their experiences with political marginalization as Asian Americans led to their belief that they have to organize Asian Americans as a group and fight for a seat at the table. They see their participation as part of a broader historical trajectory to incorporate Asian Americans into US society. Noteworthily, when incorporating their communities and themselves into the US political system, my respondents simultaneously are incorporated into a political system dominated by anti-Blackness and white supremacy. The Republican organizers overall assimilate into the mindset that Asian Americans are a "model minority." They renounce the racial justice movement, believing it is initiated by the "selfish" African Americans. Meanwhile, some Democrat organizers would complain that other communities of color are occupied with their own racial agenda and are unwilling to support Asian Americans. Some even suggest that it is mostly progressive white people who would cross the racial line to champion Asian Americans. Consequently, these partisan Asian American organizers are more likely to cultivate alliances with white organizers and elected officials. The findings reveal that Asian Americans' alliance with white people in electoral politics despite the racism coming from this group. My research speaks to some race scholars' theorization of a tri-racial hierarchy theory, underscoring the way Asian Americans reproduce white domination and anti-Blackness in electoral politics when struggling for their political power and influences through partisan politics.
- 언어주기
- English
- 일반주제명
- Political science
- 일반주제명
- Asian American studies
- 일반주제명
- American studies
- 일반주제명
- Social research
- 키워드
- Asian Americans
- 키워드
- US electoral
- 기타저자
- The University of Texas at Austin Sociology
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aThis dissertation studies Asian American partisan political organizers' aspirations and efforts to make their demographics matter in US electoral politics. The findings are based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork from March 2021 to November 2022 and 95 in-depth interviews with Asian American partisan and non-partisan political organizers in Houston, Texas. In this dissertation, I highlight the experiences of marginalization and ostracism Asian Americans encounter in US politics today and the hardships of organizing a diverse group with vastly different backgrounds, as well as a nuanced analysis of how their pursuit of political power reproduces racial inequality. I take Asian Americans as a case to spell out the challenges that communities of color with a recent immigration history face when they strive to incorporate themselves and their communities into the US political landscape. I contend that the first lesson organizers with Asian heritage learn when entering US politics is that everything is organized around race. Even if they do not identify with Asian Americans this categorical membership, the constant racism against them in politics makes them realize that, in US politics, they are Asian Americans in the eyes of others. Furthermore, these organizers with Asian heritages all witness how white people, African Americans, and Latinx unite around their racial status for political power. As a result, these organizers' awareness of the significance of the Asian American racial status and unity in politics is often the outcome of engaging in highly racialized US politics. It is the feeling of being marginalized and the desire for political influences that fuel their political activism aiming at making Asian Americans matter in politics. However, the wish for Asian American unity does not always translate into reality. I expand the literature on immigrants' diasporic politics by underscoring the ways homeland politics breaks immigrants' political solidarity in the receiving countries. I offer a three-tier analysis of how homeland politics influences Asian Americans' political behavior, including intra-ethnic, intra-regional, and intra-continent conflicts. Using examples ranging from the conflicts in North and South Vietnam, Hindus and Muslims, and Muslims and Chinese, I illuminate a complicated landscape mined with divisions that these Asian American partisan political organizers need to navigate to unite the diverse Asian American communities. Despite these challenges, Asian American political organizers in my study persevere and remain committed to their political engagement and activism. Their experiences with political marginalization as Asian Americans led to their belief that they have to organize Asian Americans as a group and fight for a seat at the table. They see their participation as part of a broader historical trajectory to incorporate Asian Americans into US society. Noteworthily, when incorporating their communities and themselves into the US political system, my respondents simultaneously are incorporated into a political system dominated by anti-Blackness and white supremacy. The Republican organizers overall assimilate into the mindset that Asian Americans are a "model minority." They renounce the racial justice movement, believing it is initiated by the "selfish" African Americans. Meanwhile, some Democrat organizers would complain that other communities of color are occupied with their own racial agenda and are unwilling to support Asian Americans. Some even suggest that it is mostly progressive white people who would cross the racial line to champion Asian Americans. Consequently, these partisan Asian American organizers are more likely to cultivate alliances with white organizers and elected officials. The findings reveal that Asian Americans' alliance with white people in electoral politics despite the racism coming from this group. My research speaks to some race scholars' theorization of a tri-racial hierarchy theory, underscoring the way Asian Americans reproduce white domination and anti-Blackness in electoral politics when struggling for their political power and influences through partisan politics.
■546 ▼aEnglish
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0227
■650 4▼aPolitical science
■650 4▼aAsian American studies
■650 4▼aAmerican studies
■650 4▼aSocial research
■653 ▼aAsian Americans
■653 ▼aPolitical participation
■653 ▼aUS electoral
■653 ▼aElectoral politics
■7102 ▼aThe University of Texas at Austin▼bSociology.▼edegree granting institution.
■7201 ▼aRudrappa, Sharmila▼edegree supervisor.
■7201 ▼aShapira, Harel▼edegree supervisor.
■7730 ▼tDissertations Abstracts International▼g87-06A.
■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17361130▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.
