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This dynamic and comprehensive text from two nationally renowned scholars has been completely updated and continues to demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had and continue to have on American politics. Through the use of two interrelated themes the idea of universal freedom and the concept of minority-majority coalitions the text demonstrates the profound influence African Americans have had on American government and politics. The authors show how the presence of Africans in the United States affected the founding of the ... MORE

List of Tables

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List of Figures xi

List of Boxes

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Preface

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About the Authors

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PART I FOUNDATIONS

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CHAPTER 1 Universal Freedom Declared, Universal Freedom Denied: Racism, Slavery, and the Ideology of White Supremacy in the Founding of the Republic

(20)

Freedom: A Typological Analysis 2 Freedom, Power, and Politics

(6)

Philosophy, Politics, and Interest in Constitution Formation

(12)

CHAPTER 2 Federalism and the Limits of Universal Freedom

(23)

Federalism: Origins and Operations in the United States

(6)

Reconstruction, the New Deal, and the Civil Rights Movement: The Triumph of National-Centered Power

(2)

The Fourteenth Amendment: The American Charter of Universal Freedom

(14)

PART II POLITICAL BEHAVIORISM

(42)

CHAPTER 3 Political Culture

(9)

The Concept of Political Culture and the Invisibility of African Americans

(1)

The Literature on the African American Political Culture

(1)

The African American Political Culture: An Empirical Estimation

(7)

CHAPTER 4 Political Socialization

(12)

Gunnar Myrdal and the Political Socialization of African Americans

(1)

The Literature on African American Political Socialization

(4)

African American Political Socialization: An Empirical Estimation of Religion and the Church as Agents

(2)

The 2000 Election as an Agent of Political Socialization

(1)

Collective Memory: The Transmission Belt of African American Political Socialization

(4)

CHAPTER 5 Public Opinion

(10)

Gunnar Myrdal and African American Public Opinion

(1)

White Public Opinion on Race and Racism

(1)

Recent Literature on African American Opinion

(1)

African American Opinion: Alienation

(1)

African American Ideology: Liberalism

(3)

African American Ideology: Black Nationalism

(4)

CHAPTER 6 African Americans and the Media

(11)

Gunnar Myrdal and the African American Media

(2)

The African American Media and African Americans in the Mass Media

(4)

Mass Media Coverage of African Americans

(5)

PART III COALITIONS, MOVEMENTS, INTEREST GROUPS, PARTIES, AND ELECTIONS

(80)

CHAPTER 7 Social Movements and a Theory of African American Coalition Politics

(26)

A Theory of African American Coalition Politics

(2)

The First Rights-Based Movement: The Abolitionist Coalition

(3)

Abolitionism and Feminism

(1)

Booker T. Washington's Coalition for Limited Freedom

(2)

Material-Based Coalitions: From Populism to Communism

(3)

The Second Rights-Based Coalition: The Civil Rights Movement

(5)

The Black Power Movement and the Transformation from Movement to Interest Group Politics

102

(1)

The Dual Impact of Black Power: Radicalism and Reform

103

(9)

CHAPTER 8 Interest Groups

112

(17)

Black Groups, the "Black Agenda," and the Problem of Resource Constraint

112

(7)

African American Women and the Quest for Universal Freedom

119

(1)

Black Nationalist Movements

120

(2)

Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam: The Resurgence of Black Nationalism in the Post Civil Rights Era

122

(7)

CHAPTER 9 Political Parties

129

(21)

The Study of African American Party Behavior: The Group and Systemic Dimensions

129

(11)

African American Party Convention Behavior

140

(3)

African American Partisanship in a One Party System

143

(7)

CHAPTER 10 Voting Behavior and Elections

150

(16)

The Historical and Systemic Dimensions of African American Voting Behavior

150

(2)

Electoral Power: The Theory and Practice of the "Balance of Power" Concept

152

(2)

African American Voting Behavior: Empirical Renderings

154

(1)

The 2002 Congressional Elections: The Advantages of Incumbency Versus the Advantages of Money

155

(11)

PART IV INSTITUTIONS

166

(81)

CHAPTER 11 The Congress and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

166

(20)

The Representation of African Americans in Congress

166

(2)

Congressional Elections and African Americans

168

(2)

The Color of Representation: Does Race Matter?

170

(1)

African American Power in the House

171

(1)

African Americans in the Congressional Power Structure

172

(4)

Congressional Responsiveness to the African American Quest for Universal Rights and Freedom

176

(5)

Material-Based Rights: From Forty Acres and a Mule to the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act

181

(5)

CHAPTER 12 The Presidency and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

186

(23)

Abraham Lincoln: The Paradigmatic President

186

(6)

The Racial Attitudes and Policies of American Presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush

192

(1)

The Presidency and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom: From the Revolutionary Era to the Post-Civil Rights Era

192

(17)

CHAPTER 13 The Supreme Court and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

209

(21)

Judicial Appointments and African Americans

210

(2)

How Should the Constitution Be Interpreted: Judicial Restraint Versus Judicial Activism and the Implications for Universal Freedom

212

(2)

The Supreme Court and African Americans: Rights-Based and Material-Based Cases

214

(2)

Rights-Based Cases

216

(5)

Material-Based Cases: Affirmative Action

221

(9)

CHAPTER 14 The Bureaucracy and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

230

(17)

The Nature of the Federal Bureaucracy

230

(2)

Bureaucracies with Race Missions

232

(1)

Running the Bureaucracy: African American Political Appointees

233

(5)

Staffing the Bureaucracy: African American Civil Servants

238

(5)

Shaping Bureaucratic Policy: Antidiscrimination Rulemaking

243

(1)

Bureaucratic Implementation: Federalism and States' Rights

244

(3)

PART V PUBLIC POLICY

247

(36)

CHAPTER 15 Domestic Policy and the African American Quest for Social and Economic Justice

247

(16)

The Federal Government, the Economy, and the Welfare State

247

(1)

The Failure of "Universal" Employment

248

(1)

Consequences of the Failure of Full Employment on the African American Community

249

(2)

African Americans and the Criminal Justice System

251

(1)

Unemployment, Poverty, and the African American Family

252

(1)

Ending Welfare as We Know It

253

(3)

African Americans and the HIV-AIDS Epidemic

256

(1)

African Americans and Same-Sex Marriage: A Cross-Cutting Issue

257

(6)

CHAPTER 16 The African American Quest for Universal Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy

263

(20)

African Americans as Foreign Policy Implementors/Managers: The Search for "Black Nationality"

264

(3)

African Americans as Foreign Policy Dissenters

267

(6)

Trans Africa: African Americans as Foreign Policy Lobbyists

273

(1)

African Americans and Citizen Diplomacy: Historical Background and Context

274

(1)

African American Citizen Diplomats

275

(2)

African Americans and the Iraq War

277

(6)

Appendix

283

(24)

The Declaration of Independence

283

(4)

The Constitution of the United States of America

287

(17)

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

304

(3)

Credits

307

(1)

Index

308

Robert C. Smith is professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

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