Cara Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD in political science from University of California, Berkeley, and has taught previously at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, Massachusetts. Her research interests include American government and politics, political psychology, and race, ethnicity, and politics. She has published numerous articles on racial and ethnic politics, voting behavior, citizenship, social capital, and multiculturalism in edited volumes and in the following journals: the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and the Du Bois Review.

• 1. Community and special obligations; 2. The boundaries of imagined communities; 3. Community and geography; 4. Restricting national boundaries; 5. Blurring the color line; Appendices.

“Geography matters for political behavior and it matters through people’s perceptions of it. In Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics, Cara Wong demonstrates this fundamental aspect of politics through deep and detailed attention to theory and careful data analysis. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of race relations and political life in the United States. It brings important fresh insights to our understanding of contextual effects in the realm of political thought and action. We will be learning and drawing inspiration from this book for years to come.” —Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cara Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD in political science from University of California, Berkeley, and has taught previously at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, Massachusetts. Her research interests include American government and politics, political psychology, and race, ethnicity, and politics. She has published numerous articles on racial and ethnic politics, voting behavior, citizenship, social capital, and multiculturalism in edited volumes and in the following journals: the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and the Du Bois Review.

• 1. Community and special obligations; 2. The boundaries of imagined communities; 3. Community and geography; 4. Restricting national boundaries; 5. Blurring the color line; Appendices.

“Geography matters for political behavior and it matters through people’s perceptions of it. In Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics, Cara Wong demonstrates this fundamental aspect of politics through deep and detailed attention to theory and careful data analysis. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of race relations and political life in the United States. It brings important fresh insights to our understanding of contextual effects in the realm of political thought and action. We will be learning and drawing inspiration from this book for years to come.” —Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cara Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD in political science from University of California, Berkeley, and has taught previously at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, Massachusetts. Her research interests include American government and politics, political psychology, and race, ethnicity, and politics. She has published numerous articles on racial and ethnic politics, voting behavior, citizenship, social capital, and multiculturalism in edited volumes and in the following journals: the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and the Du Bois Review.

• 1. Community and special obligations; 2. The boundaries of imagined communities; 3. Community and geography; 4. Restricting national boundaries; 5. Blurring the color line; Appendices.

“Geography matters for political behavior and it matters through people’s perceptions of it. In Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics, Cara Wong demonstrates this fundamental aspect of politics through deep and detailed attention to theory and careful data analysis. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of race relations and political life in the United States. It brings important fresh insights to our understanding of contextual effects in the realm of political thought and action. We will be learning and drawing inspiration from this book for years to come.” —Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin-Madison