Minority Politics at the Millennium

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 *ElectoralArrangements 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