Behind the Mule : : Race and Class in African-American Politics / / Michael C. Dawson.

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 po...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©1995
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.) :; 16 line illustrations, 33 tables
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. BEHIND THE MULE: THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUP INTERESTS
  • 1. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans
  • 2. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans
  • 3. The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests
  • Part Two. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND PUBLIC OPINION
  • 4. Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests
  • 5. African-American Partisanship and the American Party System
  • 6. African-American Political Choice
  • 7. Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy
  • 8. Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African- American Policy Preferences
  • 9. Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics
  • Bibliography
  • Index