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Race, more than class or any other factor, determines who wins and who loses in American democracy.
List of contents
Introduction; Part I. Fault Lines: 1. What divides us? Race, class, and political choice; Part II. The Consequences: 2. Who wins office?; 3. Which voters win elections?; 4. Who wins on policy?; Part III. Immigration's Rising Impact on American Democracy: 5. Immigration is reshaping Partisan politics; 6. The immigration backlash in the states; Part IV. Seeking Greater Equality: 7. Democratic Party control and equality in policy representation; 8. Democratic party control and minority well-being; 9. Where will we go from here?
About the author
Zoltan L. Hajnal is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of the award-winning books White Backlash (with Marisa Abrajano, 2015), Why Americans Don't Join the Party (with Taeku Lee, 2011), and America's Uneven Democracy (Cambridge, 2009), and has published op-eds in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He is actively involved in voting rights litigation and local election law reform.
Summary
Dangerously Divided is for scholars, lay readers, journalists, and policy makers who are interested in American politics, race and ethnicity, class and inequality, US elections, representation, partisanship, and polarization. It is essential reading for understanding the underlying contours of contemporary American politics.
