The Powers That Bind

A Case Study of the Collective Bases of Coalition Building in Post–Civil Unrest Los Angeles

Bibliographic Data

ID6403915
AuthorsAngie Y Chung (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume37
Issue2
Pages205-226
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780870122185262
OpenAlexW2091364365
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited20

Studies on coalition building have neglected the role of historical, cultural, and spatial relationships in shaping the development of interethnic coalitions, particularly between immigrant and native-born minority groups. Based on interviews, participant observation, and archival research on one public space coalition in Koreatown and West Adams, the author argues that (1) the intersection of use and exchange positions among organized segments of both communities provided the interest basis for coalition building, and (2) the competing claims of Koreans around their financial contributions and African-Americans around political and territorial advantages forced each side to negotiate and recognize the benefits of coalescing

Geography · Immigration · Intersection (aeronautics · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration

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