Strength in Numbers?: The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities

by Jan E. Leighley

Book Overview

America's increasing racial and ethnic diversity is viewed by some as an opportunity to challenge and so reinforce the country's social fabric; by others, as a portent of alarming disunity. While everyone agrees that this diversity is markedly influencing political dynamics not only nationally but often on the state and local levels, we know little about how racial and ethnic groups organize and participate in politics or how political elites try...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691086710
• ISBN13: 9780691086712
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"