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This edited collection reviews the developments in theoretical understanding of minority political incorporation. The chapters focus on minority groups throughout the US: "Three Decades of Changing Minority Group Opportunities" - Richard A. Keiser * "Electoral" "Arrangements and Minority Political Incorporation "- Richard L. Engstrom * "Life After Districts" - Amy B. Bridges & Katherine Underwood * The Dynamo of Urban Growth: Immigration, Naturalization, and the Restructuring of Urban Politics - "Louis DeSipio" * Can Cities be Elastic and Democratic too? - "Arnold P. Fleischmann" * Taken In or Just Taken? Political Incorporation of African-Americans in Cities - "Rufus Browning, , Dale Rodgers Marshall, & David Tabb" * White Backlash, Black Power and Shades of Gray -"Richard A. Keiser" * Latino Descriptive and Policy Representation in the Midwest: Do 'Traditional' Models Apply? - "Thomas Longoria, Jr." * "On Asian-American political incorporative prospects - James S. Lai" * Gay and Lesbian Incorporation into Four Urban Regimes in Upstate New York - "Donald B. Rosenthal" * A Long and Uncertain Path: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century - "Katherine Underwood"Underwood, Katherine is the author of 'Minority Politics at the Millennium' with ISBN 9780815335191 and ISBN 0815335199.
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