Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics

Name: Can We All Get Along? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
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ISBN: 9780813347158

ISBN-10: 0813347157

ISBN-13: 9780813347158

Edition: 6th 2013

Authors: Paula D. McClain, Joseph Stewart Jr.

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In a nation built by immigrants and bedeviled by the history and legacy of slavery and discrimination, issues of liberty, equality, and community continue to challenge Americans. In the sixth edition of this widely acclaimed text, Paula D. McClain and Joseph Stewart Jr. combine traditional elements of political science analysis—history, Constitutional theory, institutions, political behavior, and policy actors —with a fully updated survey of the political status of four major groups: African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and American Indians. The authors show similarities and differences in these groups’ political action and experience, and point the way toward coalition,…

Book details

List price: $52.50
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 8/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.924



List of Illustrations and Maps


List of Acronyms


Preface



America's Dilemmas


Terms Used in This Book


Race and Ethnicity


American Government Foundation and Racial Minorities


The Constitution and Black and Indian Citizenship


Citizenship and Later Minorities: Latinos and Asians


The Constitution and Black and Indian Suffrage


Structure of This Book


Conclusion



Resources and Status of America's Racial Minorities


Population Size, Socioeconomic Status, and Concentration


Participation in a Civil Rights Movement


Voting Rights Law


Conclusion



America's Racial Minorities in the Contemporary Political System: Actors


Group Identity and Perceptions of Discrimination


Political Ideology


Partisan Identification


Voting Behavior


The 2000 Elections


The 2004 Elections


The 2008 Elections


The 2012 Elections


Interest Group Activities


Conclusion



America's Racial Minorities and the Policymaking Process


Agenda Setting


Minority Representation


Federalism


State Elective Office


Equal Educational Opportunity


Affirmative Action in Employment


Extension of the Voting Rights Act (VRA)


Conclusion



Coalition or Competition?: Patterns of Interminority Group Relations


Interminority Group Relations


Coalition or Competition Politics?


Los Angeles


Conclusion



Will We "All Get Along"?


The Dilemmas Revisited


Targeting Racial and Ethnic Minorities


VRA: Looking to the Future


Conclusion


Discussion Questions


Glossary


Timelines


Notes


References


Index