<DIV><DIV><DIV><P>"The authors have done a commendable and impressive job of addressing a topic of long-lasting and increasing significance in U.S. politics."<BR>---F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico</P><P>"This is a path-breaking book that will be read across disciplines beyond political science."<BR>---James Jennings, Tufts University</P></DIV><P>Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but recent arrivals are coming from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions which have not previously supplied many immigrants to the United States.</P><P>In this timely study, a team of political scientists examines how the arrival of these newcomers has affected the efforts of long-standing minority groups---Blacks, Latinos, and Asian Pacific Americans---to gain equality through greater political representation and power. The authors predict that, for some time to come, the United States will function as a complex multiracial hierarchy, rather than as a genuine democracy.</p><P>Ronald Schmidt, Sr. is Professor of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach.</P><P>Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh is Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Office for Women's Affairs (OWA) at Indiana University, Bloomington.</P><P>Andrew L. Aoki is Professor of Political Science at Augsburg College.</P><P>Rodney E. Hero is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame.</P></DIV></DIV>