Divided by Color - Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals

Acknowledgments 1: Race and Democratic Aspirations in America 2: The Racial Divide in Public Opinion 3: No Single Sovereign Theory Will Do: Multiple Interpretations of Public Opinion on Race 4: Threat and Advantage 5: Subtle Prejudice for Modern Times 6: Matters of Principle 7: Framing the Issue: Elite Discourse and Public Understanding 8: The Electoral Temptations of Race 9: Benign Neglect and Racial Codewords in the 1988 Presidential Campaign 10: Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals Appendix A: More on the Meaning and Measurement of Prejudice Appendix B: Specifications and Results Notes References Index

Summary

An examination of American attitudes toward race and racial policies. This book shows that racial resentment powerfully affects white opinion on such issues as: welfare, affirmative action, school desegregation, and the plight of the inner city. The opinions of black Americans are also studied.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Kinder, Donald R. Kinder, Lynn M. Sanders, Lynn Moss (Professor of English and Folklore Sanders
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1997
• EAN: 9780226435749
• ISBN: 978-0-226-43574-9
• No. of pages: 399
• Dimensions: 231 mm x 156 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Series: American Politics & Political; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics/Political Economy Series Appe (CHUP); American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research