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1 online resource (403 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Contributors; Preface; I. Overview; 1. The Politics of Race; 2. Rejection and Protest: An Historical Sketch Report of the National Advisory Commission; 3. Race and the Crisis of the American Spirit; II. Cultural Politics and Political Ideology; 4. Postmodern Racial Politics in the United States: Difference and Inequality; 5. Malcolm X and the Revival of Black Nationalism; 6 False Prophet: The Rise of Louis Farrakhan; 7. The New Black Conservatives; III. Interest Groups and Political Parties |
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8. The Dual Agenda of African American Organizations since the New Deal: Social Welfare Policies and Civil Rights9. The Democrats and Liberal Guilt; 10. The 1992 Republican ""Tent"": No Blacks Walked In; IV. Gender; 11. In Quest of African American Political Woman; 12. Gender, Race, and the State Legislature: A Research Note on the Double Disadvantage Hypothesis; V. Congress; 13. The Congressional Black Caucus Revolution; 14. Strategies for Increasing Black Representation in Congress; 15. What Color Is Your Gerrymander? The Constitution and White Minority Districts; VI. The Presidency |
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16. The Politics of Race: From Kennedy to Reagan17. The Reagan Attack on Race Liberalism; VII. The Judicial System; 18. The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and Racism: Compromises on the Way to Democracy; 19. The New Supreme Court and the Politics of Racial Equality; 20. Beyond the Rodney King Story: Police Conduct and Community Relations; VIII. State and Urban Politics; 21. Can Black Candidates Win Statewide Elections?; 22. The End of the Rainbow: America's Changing Urban Politics; 23. Race and the American City; 24. How the Rioters Won; IX. Public Policy |
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25. The Urban Underclass and the Poverty Paradox26. How the Great Society ""destroyed the American family""; 27. The Clinton Administration and African-Americans; About the Editor |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315286358 |
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1315286351 |
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