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This is the first comprehensive examination of Black Americans' attitudes toward the Supreme Court.
List of contents
Preface
1. Legitimacy and American Democracy
2. Blacks, Civil Rights, and the Supreme Court
3. Establishing the Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity
4. Different Presses, Different Frames: Black and Mainstream Press Coverage of a Supreme Court Decision
5. Media Framing and the Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity
6. The Supreme Court's Legitimizing Capacity among African Americans: Support for Capital Punsihment and Affirmative Action
7. The Casual Relationship between Public Opinion toward the Court and Its Policies: The University of Michigan Affirmative Action Cases
8. Conclusion
Appendix A: Stimulus for Legitimacy Experiment
Appendix B: List of Black Newspapers
Appendix C: Stimulus for Media Framing Experiment
Appendix D: Question Wording for Media Framing Experiment
Appendix E: Blacks and the U.S. Supreme Court Survey
Notes
Reference
Index
About the author
Rosalee A. Clawson is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University and the co-author of Public Opinion: Democratic Ideals, Democratic Practice.
Eric N. Waltenburg is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University and the author of Choosing Where to Fight: Organized Labor and the Modern Regulatory State, 1948-1987.
Summary
Thoroughly grounded in the scholarly literature, theoretical sources, and experimental results, this title advances understanding of Black Americans' attitudes toward the Supreme Court, the Court's ability to influence Blacks' opinions about the legitimacy of public institutions and policies, and the role of media in shaping Blacks' judgments.
