Black and Multiracial Politics in America / / ed. by Yvette Marie Alex-Assensoh, Lawrence J. Hanks.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M.,; Assensoh, Akwasi B.,; Conway, M. Margaret,; Cruz, José E.,; Endersby, James W.,; Franklin, Sekou,; Hanks, Lawrence J.,; Henderson, Errol A.,; Howell, Susan,; Hritzuk, Natasha,; Jones-Correa, Michael,; Lien, Pie-te,; Locke, Mamie,; McCormick, Joseph,; Menifield, Charles E.,; Nacos, Brigitte L.,; Orr, Marion,; Pinderhughes, Dianne,; Rogers, Reuel,
• HerausgeberIn: Alex-Assensoh, Yvette Marie,; Hanks, Lawrence J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

America is currently in the midst of a major racial and ethnic demographic shift. By the twenty-first century, the population of Hispanics and Asians will increase significantly, while the black population is expected to remain relatively stable. Non-Hispanic Whites will decrease to just over half of the nation's population. How will the changing ethnic and racial composition of American society affect the long struggle for black political power and inclusion? To what extent will these racial and ethnic shifts affect the already tenuous nature of racial politics in American society? Using the literature on black politics as an analytical springboard, Black and Multiracial Politics in America brings together a broad demography of scholars from various racial and ethnic groups to assess how urban political institutions, political coalitions, group identity, media portrayal of minorities, racial consciousness, support for affirmative action policy, political behavior, partisanship, and other crucial issues are impacted by America's multiracial landscape. Contributors include Dianne Pinderhughes, M. Margaret Conway, Pei-te Lein, Susan Howell, Mack Jones, Brigitte L. Nacos, Natasha Hritzuk, Marion Orr, Michael Jones-Correa, A.B. Assensoh, Joseph McCormick, Sekou Franklin, Jose Cruz, Erroll Henderson, Mamie Locke, Reuel Rogers, James Endersby, Charles Menifield and Lawrence J. Hanks.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction. In Search of Black and Multiracial Politics in America -- Part I. Political Incorporation, Racial Polarization, and Interethnic Discord -- Chapter 1. Afro-Caribbean Immigrants, African Americans, and the Politics of Group Identity -- Chapter 2. Racial Polarization, Reaction to Urban Conditions, and the Approval of Black Mayors -- Chapter 3. Interminority Relations in Urban Settings -- Chapter 4. Conflict or Cooperation? -- Part II. Political and Media Institutions -- Chapter 5. Immigrants, Blacks, and Cities -- Chapter 6. The Portrayal of Black America in the Mass Media -- Part III. Political Behavior -- Chapter 7. Who Votes in Multiracial America? -- Chapter 8. Congress, Race, and Anticrime Policy -- Chapter 9. Representation, Ethnicity, and Congress -- Chapter 10. Pride and Pragmatism -- Chapter 11. Comparing Support for Affirmative Action among Four Racial Groups -- Part IV. Race Consciousness and Gender -- Chapter 12. Expressions of Racial Consciousness in the African American Community -- Chapter 13. War, Political Cycles, and the Pendulum Thesis -- Chapter 14. Deconstruct to Reconstruct -- Epilogue. Black and Multiracial Politics: A Look Ahead -- Index