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Author Ostfeld, Mara Cecilia, author.

Title Skin color, power, and politics in America / Mara C. Ostfeld, Nicole D. Yadon
Published New York, New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents The color of our politics and the politics of our color -- The roots of race : skin color, ethnoracial identity, and the broader racial construct -- Theory of ethnoracial boundaries and politics -- The color we see? Measuring skin tone in the U.S. mass public -- The relationship between skin color, ethnoracial identification, and socioeconomic status -- The relationship between skin color, ethnoracial identification, and political views -- Conclusion: Making sense of skin color and politics in America
Summary "The authors explore the meaning of skin color in contemporary American society, with an eye toward the ways in which skin color is intertwined with political views. They study the construction of racialized identities and its relationship to social and economic disparities in the United States. The book includes both human- and machine-assessed measures of skin color in a survey that considers political attitudes"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2022)
Subject Race awareness -- United States
Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States
Human skin color -- Political aspects -- United States
Ethnicity -- United States
Power (Social sciences) -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Ethnicity.
Human skin color -- Political aspects.
Human skin color -- Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
Race awareness.
Race relations.
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject United States.
Form Electronic book
Author Yadon, Nicole, author.
LC no. 2021041300
ISBN 9781610449120
1610449126