Identity Politics in the United States An Exploration of Identity in Red, White, and Blue

This book examines the development of identity politics and its impact across American political and social culture. Through qualitative content analysis of primary sources in antiracism and conservative Christian activism, the author offers a key foundational narrative revealing the influence of identity politics in America.

About the author

George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. His research addresses the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, academic bias, progressive Christians and anti-Christian hostility. He is the author of Dehumanizing Christians: Cultural Competition in a Multicultural World (Routledge, 2017), Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education (2017), and co-author of What Motivates Cultural Progressives? (2012).

Product details

• Authors: George Yancey, Yancey George
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.03.2026
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9781041192855
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4119285-5
• Pages: 176
• Subjects: Religion, Ethnic Studies, Politics, Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Social Theory, Capitalism, Democracy, America, Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Class, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Political Sociology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Christianity, Social Change, Race, Racism, Conservatism, liberalism, Multiculturalism, Social Justice, Social and cultural anthropology, Inequality, Pluralism, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, elections, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, American Politics, Social Problems, Anti-Racism, Polarization, cultural sociology, social stratification, Ethnonationalism, class struggle, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Class conflict, Civil religion, multiracial, factionalism