Behind the mule : race and class in African-American politics / Michael C. Dawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Michael C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1994]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 politics. Why have African Americans remained so united in most of their political attitudes? To account for this phenomenon, Dawson develops a new theory of group interests that emphasizes perceptions of "linked fates" and black economic subordination.

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691212982

0691212988

OCLC:

1158110502