The state you see : : how government visibility creates political distrust and racial Inequality / / Aaron J. Rosenthal.

• VerfasserIn: Rosenthal, Aaron J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, [2023]
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages) :; illustrations

Uncovers a racial gap in the way the American government appears in people's lives. The book makes it clear that public policy changes over the last fifty years have driven all Americans to distrust the government that they see in their lives, even though Americans of different races are not seeing the same kind of government.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and TablesAcknowledgementsChapter 1. Introduction: The Submerged State and the Carceral StateChapter 2. Taxes and Welfare: The Tip of the Iceberg in White AmericaChapter 3. Police as the Face of Government: State Visibility Among People of ColorChapter 4. Visible in All the Wrong Places: Dual Visibility and American Political DistrustChapter 5. Invisibility and Membership: How Government Visibility Creates Racially Patterned Political InequalityChapter 6. Black Lives Matter: Disrupting the DualityChapter 7. The Politics of Visibility and Prospects for ChangeAppendix A: Interview Protocol and Post-Interview SurveyAppendix B: Ethnographic Research DetailsAppendix C: Interview InformationAppendix D: Dataset Information and Question Wording. Notes. References. Index.