ABSTRACT
Collet explores the scholarly vision of Don T. Nakanishi, arguing strongly for attention to the transnational dynamics that Don highlighted over three decades ago, and which became the focus of his post-retirement research and writing, efforts left unfinished by his abrupt passing in 2016. Takeda assesses this through a study of widely used American government texts, and finds that Asian Pacific American (APA) politics has a very small presence, even if there has been some modest improvement over time. Ramakrishnan draws on public opinion data to provide evidence of potential coalition-building. He finds that the distribution of Asian Americans’ issue preferences is often closer to those of other communities of color than they are to those of whites. Together, collection of new research and writings on APA politics stands as a tribute to the research agenda that Don helped to establish while also pushing the boundaries of that research agenda ever farther.
