New Race Politics in America

Jane Junn is Associate Professor in the Political Science Department and the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. She is the author of Civic Education: What Makes Students Learn (with Richard Niemi; 1998) and Education and Democratic Citizenship in America (with Norman Nie and Ken Stehlik-Barry; 1996), which won the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association. Her research interests include political participation and elections, education and democracy, immigration, and racial and ethnic politics. Kerry L. Haynie is Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Duke University. He also co-directs Duke's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences. He is the author of African American Legislators in the American States (2001), co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics, volumes I and II (2000), and has written numerous articles for political science journals.

• 1. New race politics: the changing face of the American electoral landscape Jane Junn and Elizabeth Matto; 2. In whose interest?: political parties, context, and the political incorporation of immigrants Kristi Andersen; 3. Beyond black and white: the experiences and effects of economic status among racial and ethnic minorities Dennis Chong and Dukhong Kim; 4. Activity amidst diversity: political participation among Asian Americans Janelle S. Wong, Pei-te Lien and M. Margaret Conway; 5. Get me to the polls on time: co-ethnic mobilization and Latino turnout Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Marissa A. Abrajano and Jeronimo Cortina; 6. Se habla espanol: ethnic campaign strategies and Latino voting behavior Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto and Jennifer M. Merolla; 7. Structuring group activism: a macro model of black participation Fredrick C. Harris, Brian D. McKenzie and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman; 8. Black elites and Latino immigrant relations in a southern city: do black elites and the black masses agree? Paula M. McClain, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Monique L. Lyle, Niambi M. Carter, Gerald F. Lackey, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Kendra Davenport Cotton, Shayla C. Nunnally, Thomas J. Scotto and J. Alan Kendrick; 9. Understanding the new race politics: conclusions and challenges Kerry L. Haynie.

'This collection of articles regarding minority and immigrant politics is an important first step to understanding the changing dynamics of the country's demographic makeup and the implications it will have on the political system. The authors are successful in moving the political conversation beyond Black and White while addressing potential difficulties that may be encountered by political institutions in mobilizing - or failing to recognize and mobilize - potential new voters.' Athena M. King, National Political Science Review