Steadfast Democrats : : How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior / / Ismail K. White, Chryl N. Laird.

A groundbreaking look at how group expectations unify black Americans in their support of the Democratic partyBlack Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats-a surprising figure given that nearly a third now also...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Political Behavior ; 12
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 41 b/w illus. 33 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Black Political Decision Making
  • 2. Norms of Black Political Behavior
  • 3. The Political Consequences of Black Social Networks
  • 4. The Process of Racialized Social Constraint
  • 5. Self-Interest versus Group Interest and "Racialized" Social Constraint
  • 6. Institutional Constraints and the Enforcement of Racialized Social Pressure
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index