Minorities and political transition in the United States

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K03485
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Seikei University
• Principal Investigator: Nishiyama Takayuki 成蹊大学, 法学部, 教授 (30388756)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: アメリカ政治 / マイノリティ / 移民 / 政党政治 / 連邦制 / 政治的分断

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Racial and ethnic diversity is increasing in the United States. Whites are expected to become a minority by the 2040s. There are signs of change in American politics, including the emergence of a black president, a black and Asian vice president, and Latin American and black female U.S. Supreme Court justices. But there is also strong resistance to the trend, as represented by the Trump faction of the Republican Party. The nature of change differs between the federal and state levels, and between the policy and ideological dimensions, and is not uniform. This study elucidates the changes that minorities bring to American politics and the movements of resistance to them.

Free Research Field

アメリカ政治

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、マイノリティの増大がもたらす政治的影響に関して、単に二大政党のどちらが優勢になるかにとどまらず、政党の性格自体を変化させる可能性を明らかにしている点に意義がある。とりわけ、連邦政府にとどまらず州や地方政府の次元に焦点を当てることにより、連邦政治と州政治の間に見られるダイナミズムを明らかにしている。また、本研究は多民族社会統合の理念的研究と政策研究の双方を踏まえてアメリカ政治の分極化のメカニズムを解明している点でも意義がある。