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- Title
Political Engagement of the Korean Diaspora in the Washington, DC Area.
- Authors
Ahnlee Jang
- Abstract
Through forty-two in-depth interviews, this exploratory study examines how members of the Korean diaspora in the Washington, DC area makes meaning of political engagement and identifies factors that encourage and inhibit political engagements. Beyond previous framework that examines place, type of group and organizational type, this study suggests underestimation of seifs political engagement, lack of strong ownership, negative perception on politics, language barrier, religious faith, gender as well as doublestandard- on-others have been identified as factors that encourage and inhibit political engagement of ethnic Koreans. Findings extend previous research on political engagement of ethnic minorities and suggest areas for future research.
- Subjects
KOREA; KOREAN diaspora; KOREAN politics &; government; ECONOMIC history; INDUSTRIES; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Korea Observer, 2014, Vol 45, Issue 4, p627
- ISSN
0023-3919
- Publication type
Article