Andrew L. Aoki

Small Spaces for Different Faces: Political Science Scholarship on Asian Pacific Americans

Asian Americans have received relatively little attention from political scientists. Although a rapidly growing segment of the population, their political behaviors, impacts on political institutions, and the policies affecting them have been rarely studied in our discipline.

Introduction – exploring and expanding the political world pioneered by Don T. Nakanishi

ABSTRACT This essay provides an introduction to the late Don T. Nakanishi of UCLA, commenting on his legacy in the founding and development of Asian American politics as a field. It also offers an overview of the articles and dialogue essays included in this special PGI issue on Asian Pacific American Politics, the first of its kind in the nation.