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Behind the Numbers: Talking Politics with Immigrant Chinese Americans
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Behind the Numbers: Talking Politics with Immigrant Chinese Americans
Pei-te Lien
Political Science Department and Ethnic Studies Program
University of Utah
260 S. Central Campus Dr., #252
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9152
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Prepared for delivery at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 28-31. All rights are reserved. This research is based on a faculty research grant received from the University Research Committee, University of Utah. Support is also received from the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley in the form of a visiting scholarship. It is a follow-up of an Asian American political survey sponsored by the National Science Foundation (SES-9973435). Pei-te Lien is the principal investigator. KSCI-TV of Los Angeles donated funds to augment the Los Angeles portion of the survey. Samples were developed by Survey Sampling Inc., Fairfield, Connecticut. Interviews were conducted by the Interviewing Services of America, Inc., Van Nuys, California. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations in this material are those of the principal investigator and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, the KSCI-TV, or the University of Utah. The author thanks generous advice and support from colleagues Bruce Cain, M. Margaret Conway, Taeku Lee, Ling-chi Wang, Janelle Wong, KSCI-TV research director Alice Lee, and Pacific Opinion president Christian Collet. She also appreciates graduate student research assistance from Pitima Boonyarak and Wan Zen. Abstract: This paper discusses results of in-depth follow-up interviews conducted with selected individuals of Chinese descent residing in Los Angeles and San Francisco who were previously chosen by random to participate in the 2000-01 Pilot National Asian American Political Survey. A total of 15 male and female informants migrated from Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong were interviewed in Mandarin Chinese. They were asked to compare the performance of the U.S. government to that of the government in their respective ethnic homeland. They were also asked to explain their reasons for supporting a certain U.S. political party, ideology, and type of candidates. In addition, they commented on the state of political participation or the lack of it among Chinese Americans. Finally, they explained the complexity of their ethnic self-identification and experience of racial discrimination. The results help dispel myths about Chinese Americans being politically indifferent and irrational. They help illuminate the possible relationships between ethnic identity, homeland politics, and political participation in the American context. They also provide exciting insights on improving the survey instrument regarding a majority-immigrant population.
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Behind the Numbers: Talking Politics with Immigrant Chinese Americans
Pei-te Lien
Political Science Department and Ethnic Studies Program
University of Utah
260 S. Central Campus Dr., #252
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9152
## email not listed ##
Prepared for delivery at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Philadelphia, August 28-31. All rights are reserved.
This research is based on a faculty research grant received from the University Research
Committee, University of Utah. Support is also received from the Institute of
Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley in the form of a visiting
scholarship. It is a follow-up of an Asian American political survey sponsored by the
National Science Foundation (SES-9973435). Pei-te Lien is the principal investigator.
KSCI-TV of Los Angeles donated funds to augment the Los Angeles portion of the
survey. Samples were developed by Survey Sampling Inc., Fairfield, Connecticut.
Interviews were conducted by the Interviewing Services of America, Inc., Van Nuys,
California. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations in this material
are those of the principal investigator and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
National Science Foundation, the KSCI-TV, or the University of Utah. The author thanks
generous advice and support from colleagues Bruce Cain, M. Margaret Conway, Taeku
Lee, Ling-chi Wang, Janelle Wong, KSCI-TV research director Alice Lee, and Pacific
Opinion president Christian Collet. She also appreciates graduate student research
assistance from Pitima Boonyarak and Wan Zen.
Abstract: This paper discusses results of in-depth follow-up interviews conducted with
selected individuals of Chinese descent residing in Los Angeles and San Francisco who
were previously chosen by random to participate in the 2000-01 Pilot National Asian
American Political Survey. A total of 15 male and female informants migrated from
Taiwan, Mainland China, and Hong Kong were interviewed in Mandarin Chinese. They
were asked to compare the performance of the U.S. government to that of the government
in their respective ethnic homeland. They were also asked to explain their reasons for
supporting a certain U.S. political party, ideology, and type of candidates. In addition,
they commented on the state of political participation or the lack of it among Chinese
Americans. Finally, they explained the complexity of their ethnic self-identification and
experience of racial discrimination. The results help dispel myths about Chinese
Americans being politically indifferent and irrational. They help illuminate the possible
relationships between ethnic identity, homeland politics, and political participation in the
American context. They also provide exciting insights on improving the survey
instrument regarding a majority-immigrant population.
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