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Fault Lines Among Asian Americans: Convergence and Divergence in Policy Opinion

Sunmin Kim
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences April 2021, 7 (2) 46-67; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.2.03
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    • PANETHNIC IDENTITY AND POLITICAL MOBILIZATION: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
    • POLICY OPINIONS: CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE?
    • DATA, VARIABLES, AND METHOD
    • RESULTS
    • DISCUSSION: IMMIGRATION AS POTENTIAL FAULT LINE?
    • CONCLUSION: NEW POLITICS FOR ASIAN AMERICANS?
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