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Racialized politics : the debate about racism in America

Explores the late-1990s debate surrounding the sources of racism in America. The essays represent three major approaches: the social psychological, the social structural and the non-racially inspired ideology. It assesses the issues on the role of racism in mass politics and public opinion.
Print Book, English, 2000
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000
Congress
xii, 432 pages ; 24 cm
9780226744056, 9780226744070, 0226744051, 0226744078
41612398
Preface and Acknowledgments List of Contributors One: Race in American Politics: Framing the Debates David O. Sears, John J. Hetts, Jim Sidanius, and Lawrence Bobo Two: Individualism Reconsidered: Principles and Prejudice in Contemporary American Opinion Donald R. Kinder and Tali Mendelberg Three: Egalitarian Values and Contemporary Racial Politics David O. Sears, P. J. Henry, and Rick Kosterman Four: The Significance of Racial Context Marylee C. Taylor Five: Race and Beliefs about Affirmative Action: Assessing the Effects of Interests, Group Threat, Ideology, and Racism Lawrence Bobo Six: How Beliefs about Poverty Influence Racial Policy Attitudes: A Study of Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians in the United States Michael Hughes and Steven A. Tuch Seven: It's Not Affirmative Action, It's the Blacks: The Continuing Relevance of Race in American Politics Jim Sidanius, Pam Singh, John J. Hetts, and Chris Federico Eight: The Politics of Race Paul M. Sniderman, Gretchen C. Crosby, and William G. Howell Nine: Systematizing the Predictors of Prejudice Thomas F. Pettigrew Ten: The Perils of Correlation, the Lure of Labels, and the Beauty of Negative Results Howard Schuman Eleven: Lumpers and Splitters, Individuals and Structures: Comments on Racialized Politics Jennifer L. Hochschild Twelve: Slowly Coming to Grips with the Effects of the American Racial Order on American Policy Preferences Michael C. Dawson Notes References Index