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DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04270521 © 2005 SAGE Publications Group-Based Resources and Political Participation among Asian AmericansUniversity of Southern California
University of Utah
University of Florida Scholars of minority political participation have shown significant interest in unraveling the complex but crucial role of group-basedresources. Although there is an emerging scholarship on Latinos, much of the work on group consciousness, group identity, and ethnic organizations is based on research on Black Americans. Increasing diversity in the United States brings necessary attention to expanding the model to the politics and participation of other non-White, multiethnic, and immigrant majority communities. Using a new and unique dataset designed to tap the political opinion and behavior of Asian Americans, the authors find that the usefulness of group-based resources for this rapidly expanding and heterogeneous population is contingent on the specific form of the resources and the mode of political participation.
Key Words: political participation Asian Americans voting ethnic identity group identity
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