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The contemporary debate over racial classification has been dominated by fringe voices in American society. Cries from the right say history should be abrogated and public policy made color-blind, while zealots of the left insist that all customs, language, institutions, and practices are racially tinged and that only aggressive, color-conscious programs can reverse the course of American history. The essays in this volume, however, recognize that racial classification is an issue that cuts too deep and poses too many constitutional questions to be resolved by slogans of either the right or the left.
The contributors to this volume are James Alt, Kenneth Benoit, Henry Brady, John Bruce, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Andrew Gelman, Lani Guinier, Fredrick C. Harris, Gary King, Robert C. Lieberman, David Ian Lublin, David Metz, Paul E. Peterson, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Kenneth Shepsle, Theda Skocpol, Katherine Tate, Richard Valelly, Sidney Verba, and Margaret Weir.
Originally published in 1995.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures A Politically Correct Solution to Racial Classification 2The Representation of Minority Interests 3Electoral Systems and Minority Representation 4Racial Fairness in Legislative Redistricting 5Race, Representation, and Redistricting 6African Americans in U.S. Social Policy 7Race and the Organization of Welfare Policy 8National Parties and Racial Disenfranchisement 9The Politics of Racial Isolation in Europe and America 10Racial Group Competition in Urban Elections 11The Color of Urban Campaigns 12Religious Institutions and African American Political Mobilization 13Race and Voter Registration in the South 14The Effects of Ethnicity on Political Culture 15Race, Ethnicity, and Political Participation References Contributors Index
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Edited by Paul E. Peterson
Zusammenfassung
The contemporary debate over racial classification has been dominated by fringe voices in American society. Cries from the right say history should be abrogated and public policy made color-blind, while zealots of the left insist that all customs, language, institutions, and practices are racially tinged and that only aggressive, color-conscious pr
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"A compilation of seminar papers presented at Harvard, 1992-4, this anthology represents some of the best research undertaken by mainstream political scientists concerning the use of race as a method of analyzing public controversies."
