"Can We All Get Along?": Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics
ISBN: 9780813344232 | 0813344239
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books
Pub. Date: 7/14/2009
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In a nation built by immigrants and bedeviled by the history and legacy of slavery and discrimination, issues of liberty, equality, and community continue to challenge Americans. In the fifth edition of this widely acclaimed text, Paula McClain and Joseph Stewart combine traditional elements of political science analysis-history, Constitutional theory, institutions, political behavior, and policy actors-with a fully updated survey of the political status of four major groups: blacks, Latinos, Asian Americans, and American Indians. McClain and S... MORE
| List of Illustrations and Maps | p. xiii |
| List of Acronyms | p. xvii |
| Preface | p. xix |
| America's Dilemmas | p. 1 |
| Terms Used in This Book | p. 5 |
| Race and Ethnicity | p. 8 |
| American Government Foundation and Racial Minorities | p. 10 |
| The Constitution and Black and Indian Citizenship | p. 12 |
| Citizenship and Later Minorities: Latinos and Asians | p. ... MORE |
| The Constitution and Black and Indian Suffrage | p. 21 |
| Structure of This Book | p. 25 |
| Conclusion | p. 27 |
| Resources and Status of America's Racial Minorities | p. 29 |
| Population Size, Socioeconomic Status, and Concentration | p. 31 |
| Participation in a Civil Rights Movement | p. 45 |
| Voting Rights Law | p. 57 |
| Conclusion | p. 63 |
| America's Racial Minorities in the Contemporary Political System: Actors | p. 65 |
| Group Identity and Perceptions of Discrimination | p. 71 |
| Political Ideology | p. 75 |
| Partisan Identification | p. 80 |
| Voting Behavior | p. 91 |
| The 1996 Elections | p. 99 |
| The 1998 Congressional Elections | p. 102 |
| The 2000 Elections | p. 108 |
| The 2004 Elections | p. 113 |
| The 2008 Elections | p. 117 |
| Interest Group Activities | p. 125 |
| Conclusion | p. 129 |
| America's Racial Minorities and the Policymaking Process | p. 131 |
| Agenda Setting | p. 134 |
| Minority Representation | p. 135 |
| Federalism | p. 158 |
| State Elective Office | p. 160 |
| Equal Educational Opportunity | p. 165 |
| Affirmative Action in Employment | p. 180 |
| Extension of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) | p. 184 |
| Conclusion | p. 185 |
| Coalition or Competition? Patterns of Interminority Group Relations | p. 187 |
| Interminority Group Relations | p. 190 |
| Coalition or Competition Politics? | p. 190 |
| Los Angeles | p. 195 |
| Conclusion | p. 215 |
| Will We "All Get Along"? | p. 217 |
| The Dilemmas Revisited | p. 220 |
| Targeting Racial and Ethnic Minorities | p. 225 |
| VRA: Looking to the Future | p. 226 |
| Conclusion | p. 228 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 231 |
| Glossary | p. 235 |
| Timelines | p. 243 |
| Notes | p. 275 |
| References | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 295 |
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Paula D. McClain is professor of political science, public policy, and African and African American Studies at Duke University as well as the co-director of the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, including the Journal of Politics, American Political Science Review, Urban Affairs Review, and American Politics Quarterly.
Joseph Stewart, Jr. is chair of the department of political science at Clemson University. His work has appeared in a variety of political science, education, public policy, and interdisciplinary journals. His award-winning books include Race, Class, and Education (with Ken Meier and Robert England) and The Politics of Hispanic Education (with Ken Meier).
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