Uneasy Alliances - Race and Party Competition in America

Zusatztext "Frymer argues that the failure to seriously address white racism's impact on the party system causes us to misunderstand how and why African Americans are and remain at the margins for reasons not related to their abilities and potential impact on the American political system." Informationen zum Autor Paul FrymerWith a new afterword by the author Klappentext " Uneasy Alliances provides an excellent overview of the politics of race and sectional conflict that led to the development of the party system. It is an important contribution to the literature on party politics and African-American politics more broadly." --Carol M. Swain, Princeton University "This is a bold, provocative book. . . . Scholars and activists will soon be talking about Frymer's argument and figuring out whether they agree or disagree. It's that kind of a book-hard to ignore." --Richard M. Valelly, Swarthmore College Zusammenfassung Challenges how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. This book shows that not all groups are treated equally, and that politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters - to the detriment of the African American community.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Frymer, Frymer Paul, Paul Schickler
• Assisted by: Ira Katznelson (Editor), Martin Shefter (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2010
• EAN: 9780691148014
• ISBN: 978-0-691-14801-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Princeton Studies in American; Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives; Princeton Studies in American; Princeton Studies in American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Political Parties, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political structure and processes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Political parties and party platforms