Behind the mule : race and class in African-American politics
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Behind the mule : race and class in African-American politics
(Princeton paperbacks)
Princeton University Press, c1994
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index
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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.
Table of Contents
List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsPt. 1Behind the Mule: The Historical Roots of African-American Group Interests11The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans32Race, Class, and African-American Economic Polarization153The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests45Pt. 2African-American Political Behavior and Public Opinion694Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests715African-American Partisanship and the American Party System966African-American Political Choice1307Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy1618Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African-American Policy Preferences1819Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics204Bibliography213Index227
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