| Chapter 1. Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| ·Objective and Research Method | 第7-8页 |
| ·Definitions | 第8-9页 |
| ·Format | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2. Literature Review | 第11-16页 |
| ·Socioeconomic Approach | 第11-12页 |
| ·Cultural Explanation | 第12-13页 |
| ·Institutional Theory | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter 3. A Historical Review of Chinese Americans’Pursuit of Politica Equality in the United States | 第16-25页 |
| ·Chinese Americans’Pursuit of Political Equality from the 18505 to 1943 | 第16-22页 |
| ·Immigration Reforms and Emerging Pan-Asian Trend since 1943 | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter 4. Chinese Americans’Participation in the U.S. Politics: 1990-2000 | 第25-40页 |
| ·Chinese Americans’Political Participation through Voting | 第25-29页 |
| ·Chinese Americans’Political Representation | 第29-34页 |
| ·Chinese American Political Organizations in the U.S. Politics | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter 5. Strength & Weakness —Chinese Americans’Participation in the U.S. Politics Assessed: 1990-2000 | 第40-57页 |
| ·Strength | 第40-44页 |
| ·Growing Awareness of Political Participation | 第40-41页 |
| ·Increasing Number of Public Officeholders & Breakthroughs in Top Posts | 第41-42页 |
| ·Strengthened Roles of Chinese American Political Organizations | 第42-43页 |
| ·Chinese American Elites as Mobilzers and Organizers | 第43页 |
| ·Increasing Chinese American Women Political Representation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Factors for the Strength | 第44-48页 |
| ·Weakness | 第48-51页 |
| ·Inadequate Voting Participation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Overall Political Strength and Influence Impaired by Disunity | 第50-51页 |
| ·Limited Power of Public Officeholders in the U.S. Politics | 第51页 |
| ·Factors for the Weakness | 第51-57页 |
| Chapter 6. Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-64页 |
| Appendix A: Noted Chinese American Political Figures | 第64-67页 |
| Appendix B: Major Chinese American Political Organizations | 第67页 |
