Perspectives on race, ethnicity, and religion : identity politics in America / [edited by] Valerie Martinez-Ebers [and] Manochehr Dorraj.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : change and continuity in the experiences of racial, ethnic and religious minorities in america / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manochehr Dorraj -- Part 1. The broader context for understanding minority-majority relationships in the United States. Globalization and the American nation / Sheila Croucher -- A world between : multiple identities and the challenges faced by first-generation immigrants / Edwina Barvosa -- Immigration : trends, demographics, and patterns of political incorporation / Jessica Lavariega Monforti -- Bridging the cultural divide : accommodating religious diversity / Jocelyn Sage Weiner and Clyde Wilcox -- Part 2. The history and contemporary issues and experiences of select minority groups. "Measured sovereignty:" the political experiences of indigenous peoples as nations and individuals / David Wilkins -- Linked fates, disconnected realities : the post-civil rights African American politics / Melanye T. Price and Gloria J. Hampton -- The influence of context and history on the policy positions and partisanship of Hispanics in the United States / Jessica Lavariega Monforti and Lisa Garcia Bedolla -- Model minority or perpetual foreigner? The political experience of Asian Americans / Morrison G. Wong -- Anti-Semitism and the Jewish-American political experience / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Islamophobia, the Muslim stereotype, and the Muslim American political experience / Manochehr Dorraj -- Concluding thoughts on a changing America / Valerie Martinez-Ebers and Manochehr Dorraj.