Ethnic Politics and Racial Issues

Voting in Los Angeles

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3374541
AutoresHarlan Hahn (University of California, Riverside), Timothy Almy (University of Georgia), Timothy A Almy
Ano1971
Volume24
Fascículo4
Páginas719
Data de publicação1971-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/447109
OpenAlexW4236073956
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas42

ALTHOUGH the assimilation of ethnic or racial minorities has been a widely respected theme in American politics, many social scientists have begun to question the validity of this claim by noting the persistence of ethnic voting behavior.' An investigation of ethnic politics in New Haven, for example, challenged the so-called myth of the melting pot by positing a theory of mobilization, which suggested that ethnic attachments or loyalties have been perpetuated by the nomination of major ethnic leaders for high elective offices.2 Subsequently, another study asserted that, even though ethnic acculturation has developed in this country, extensive assimilation has not emerged as a prominent or enduring characteristic of American political behavior.3 Both arguments appeared to introduce some important qualifications of the concept of assimilation; but both of them also focused almost exclusively on the persistence of ethnic solidarity rather than upon the resistance of the established majority to the political demands of ethnic or racial minorities

Acculturation · Ethnic group · Melting pot · Nomination · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Race, History, and American Society · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies