Uneasy Alliances Race and Party Competition in America

Name: Uneasy Alliances Race and Party Competition in America
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ISBN: 9780691148014

ISBN-10: 0691148015

ISBN-13: 9780691148014

Edition: 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Frymer

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Uneasy Alliancesis a powerful challenge to how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. While scholars frequently claim that the need to win elections makes government officials responsive to any and all voters, Paul Frymer shows that not all groups are treated equally; politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters--to the detriment of the African American community. As both parties try to attract white swing voters by distancing themselves from blacks, black voters are often ignored and left with unappealing alternatives. African Americans are thus the leading example of a "captured minority."Frymer argues that our…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/17/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgment



Introdution



Competitive Parties and the ï¿½Invisibilityï¿½ of Captured Groups



National Party Competition and the Disenfranchisement of black Voters in the South, 1866-1932



Capture Inside the Democratic Party, 1965-1996



Party education and Mobilization and Captured Group



Black Representation in Congress



Is the Concept of Electoral Capture Applicable to Other Groups? The Cash of Gay and Lesbian Voters in the Democratic Party and the Christian Right in the Republican Party


Afterword to the 2010 Edition. Obama and the Representation of Captured Groups


Index