The anger gap : how race shapes emotion in politics / Davin L. Phoenix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phoenix, Davin L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anger--Political aspects--United States.

Anger.

Racism--Political aspects--United States.

Racism.

Racism--Political aspects.

United States.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 282 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Anger is a powerful mobilizing force in American politics on both sides of the political aisle, but does it motivate all groups equally? This book offers a new conceptualization of anger as a political resource that mobilizes black and white Americans differentially to exacerbate political inequality. Drawing on survey data from the last forty years, experiments, and rhetoric analysis, Phoenix finds that - from Reagan to Trump - black Americans register significantly less anger than their white counterparts and that anger (in contrast to pride) has a weaker mobilizing effect on their political participation. The book examines both the causes of this and the consequences. Pointing to black Americans' tempered expectations of politics and the stigmas associated with black anger, it shows how race and lived experience moderate the emergence of emotions and their impact on behavior. The book makes multiple theoretical contributions and offers important practical insights for political strategy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1108485901

9781108485906

9781108725330

1108725333

OCLC:

1100782586