If Not Here, Then Where?

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-138
Author(s):  
Christian Dyogi Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
The Political ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Candidate Emergence ◽  
Coalition Politics

Chapter 6 presents a case study of Asian American and Latina/o candidate emergence in Los Angeles County. The county is defined by large immigrant populations, strong coalitions of racial minorities who are Democrats, unions active in electoral politics, and an effective Latina/o political infrastructure focused on candidate development and support. Yet here, as in the rest of the country, white men’s choices about where and when to run appear relatively unconstrained while women and men from other racial groups are largely focused on running in a small number of select seats. The chapter offers new data on patterns of descriptive representation among white, African American and Asian American women and men, and Latina/os in Los Angeles County for the past two decades. The chapter also uses interviews to detail how Latinas, Latinos, and Asian American women are positioned in the political context and coalition politics of the county.

“She Came out of Nowhere”

2021 ◽  
pp. 139-166
Author(s):  
Christian Dyogi Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
Candidate Emergence

Chapter 7 shifts the case study of Los Angeles to group-level contexts and examines race-gendered processes of candidate development and emergence among Latina/o and Asian American political elites. Latina/os and Asian Americans as pan-ethnic groups occupy distinct positions within the electoral context of Los Angeles County. The chapter uses original qualitative data and interviews to show that the pressures associated with those positions interact with and shape the internal dynamics of candidate development within those communities in distinct ways. Latina/os’ informal but highly organized candidate emergence systems often actively exclude Latinas and limit their access to electoral opportunities that are otherwise available to Latinos. Asian Americans’ lack of political infrastructure contributes to an “entrepreneurial” field of candidates and a dearth of resources to facilitate the emergence of potential Asian American women candidates, in an electoral context marked by a high cost of entry.

Empirical Strategies for Intersectional Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Christian Dyogi Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
Candidate Emergence ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Intersectionality Theory ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Chapter 2 specifies how the book’s research design operationalizes intersectionality theory through its multi-method and multilevel data collection and analysis. This includes an expanded discussion of how using this framework to analyze Asian American women and men, and Latina and Latino candidates, facilitates new understandings of the relationship between race-gendered political processes and electoral opportunity within those communities, and more generally across other groups. The chapter then details the data collection processes for the book’s original datasets. The first is the Gender Race and Communities in Elections dataset, encompassing candidate and district demographic data for every state legislative general election from 1996 to 2015 in 49 states. Next, the American Leadership Survey of state legislators fielded in 2015 is described. And finally, the design for a multi-method case study of Asian American and Latina/o candidate emergence in Los Angeles County is presented.

scholarly journals Alcohol and breast cancer risk among Asian-American women in Los Angeles County

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna H Wu ◽  
Cheryl Vigen ◽  
Pedram Razavi ◽  
Chiu-Chen Tseng ◽  
Frank Z Stancyzk
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
American Women

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Christian Dyogi Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Candidate Emergence ◽  
And Gender

Chapter 1 begins by presenting an overview of the vicissitudes of descriptive representation in state legislatures for women and men from the four largest racial groups in the United States, from 1996 to 2015. The chapter then previews the book’s main finding: factors related to representation and candidate emergence, such as the relationship between district populations and descriptive representatives or political ambition, are shaped by race and gender simultaneously. To account for the persistence of underrepresentation among women and minorities, Chapter 1 then advances the intersectional model of electoral opportunity. The model accounts for external and internal, multilevel pressures that constrain and facilitate the realistic candidacy opportunities for white women, white men, men of color, and women of color. The chapter closes by discussing the necessity of studying Asian American women and men, and Latinas and Latinos, in order to better understand representation in a nation shaped by immigration and immigrant communities.

Physical activity and breast cancer risk among Asian-American women in Los Angeles

Cancer ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 97 (10) ◽  
pp. 2565-2575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongyun Yang ◽  
Leslie Bernstein ◽  
Anna H. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
American Women

scholarly journals Strategic Action for Affordable Housing: How Advocacy Organizations Accomplish Policy Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 0739456X1988800
Author(s):  
Anaid Yerena
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
The Political ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Advocacy Organizations ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Document Review

State retrenchment, public input requirements, and local budgetary constraints make advocacy organization’s (AO) work vital to the adoption and implementation of local plans. Yet, the strategies AOs use to influence policies have gone understudied in planning literature. The current study fills this gap through a case study of how AOs exert influence in planning for affordable housing in four cities in Los Angeles County. Data were collected through interviews (AO leaders and city officials), document review (AO materials), and content analysis of Housing Elements. The study found that the range of tactics depends on the political context and organizational resources.

scholarly journals Piloting an Augmented Reality Life Review Experience to Promote Mental Health Outcomes in Aging Asian American Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 866-866
Author(s):  
Sarah Hwang ◽  
Jazlyn Armendariz ◽  
Jeremy Argueta ◽  
Veronica Fruiht ◽  
Thomas Chan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Review ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
American Women

Abstract Asian-American older women report the highest prevalence of suicidal ideations and rates of completed suicide compared to other racial groups. Ironically, Asian-American communities report disproportionately low rates of formal mental health utilization—this may be attributed to the lack of culturally-relevant services and negatively ingrained perceptions of mental health aid. One potential solution that has not been widely investigated is the use of technology to help older Asian-American women engage in mental health interventions. This study leverages innovations in augmented reality (AR) technology (i.e., overlaying of digital holograms onto the real world) to create a life review intervention aimed at promoting mental health well-being. The application, Tell-Being, is a personalized holographic life review experience that facilitates older adults to foster a sense of coherence and wholeness within their lives. Pilot data collection was amassed from four aging Asian-American female participants averaging 51.3 (SD=8.61) years of age. Initial pre/post analyses showcased mean differences that trend towards a higher presence of emotion regulation from pre-test (M=4.88, SD=1.08) to post-test (M=5.21, SD=1.17). Although data collection was prematurely halted due to COVID-19, results trended in promising directions. The technological innovations and findings from this study may lead to promising novel avenues to address barriers for older Asian-American women in seeking mental health assessment and treatment in a “new normal” world.

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