Behind the Mule - Race and Class in African - American Politics

Name: Behind the Mule - Race and Class in African - American Politics
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ISBN: 9780691025438

ISBN-10: 0691025436

ISBN-13: 9780691025438

Edition: 1995

Authors: Michael C. Dawson

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Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and behaviors. Michael Dawson demonstrates, however, that the growth of a black middle class has left race as the dominant influence on African- American politics. Why have African Americans remained so united in most of their political attitudes? To account for this phenomenon, Dawson develops a new theory of group interests that emphasizes perceptions of "linked fates" and black economic subordination.

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/23/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments



Behind the Mule: The Historical Roots of African-American Group Interests



The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans



Race, Class, and African-American Economic Polarization



The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests



African-American Political Behavior and Public Opinion



Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests



Data and Models for Chapter 4



African-American Partisanship and the American Party System



Data and Models for Chapter 5



African-American Political Choice



Data and Models for Chapter 6



Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy




Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African-American Policy Preferences



Data and Models for Chapter 8



Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics


Bibliography


Index