Politics of inclusion and exclusion identity politics in twenty-first century America

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David F. Ericson -- Minimal political inclusion of minorities at risk : the case of the Americas, 1870-2000 / Victor Asal -- Race, nativity, and the political participation of Asian and other Americans / Pei-Te Lien -- The home styles of California Latino representatives : policy, constituency, and symbolic representation / Sally Friedman and Shannon Scotece -- Puerto Rican politics in New York City during the 1960s : structural ideation, contingency, and power / José E. Cruz -- Inclusion, exclusion, and citizenship / Kathleen Sullivan and Patricia Strach -- The micro-politics of immigration : local government policies of inclusion and exclusion / Nadia Rubaii-Barrett -- Outside the binary : transgendered politics on a global stage / Jenna Basiliere -- Politics and the disabled body : diverse thoughts about human diversity / William Roth -- The conservative attack on affirmative action : toward a legal genealogy of color blindness / Julie Navkov.