Asian Americans and politics: some perspectives from history / Gordon H. Chang -- The racial triangulation of Asian Americans / Claire Jean Kim -- Citizenship nullification: the impossibility of Asian American politics / Neil T. Gotanda -- Beyond electoral politics: renewing a search for a paradigm of Asian Pacific American politics / Don T. Nakanishi -- Asian Americans as the median voters: an exploration of attitudes and voting patterns on ballot initiatives / Wendy K. Tam Cho and Bruce E. Cain -- Changing of the guard? The emerging immigrant majority in Asian American politics / Paul M. Ong and David E. Lee -- Voting participation: race, gender, and the comparative status of Asian American women / Pei-te Lien -- U.S.-born, immigrant, refugee, or indigenous status: public policy implications for Asian Pacific Americann families / Kenyon S. Chan -- Asian Pacific American youth: pathways for political participation / Peter Nien-Chu Kiang -- Seen, rich, but unheard? The politics of Asian Indians in the United States / Sanjeev Khagram, Manish Desai, and Jason Varughese -- The impact of mainstream political mobilization on Asian American communities: the case of Korean Americans in Los Angeles, 1992-1998 / Edward J.W. Park -- People from China crossing the river: Asian American political empowerment and foreign influence / Frank H. Wu and Francey Lim Youngberg -- Lessons learned from the "Locke for governor" campaign / Judy Yu and Grace T. Yuan -- Building on the indigenous base: the fund-raising controversy and the future of Asian American political participation / Paul Y. Watanabe -- Asian Americans and multiracial political coalitions: New York City's Chinatown and redistricting, 1990-1991 / Leland T. Saito.