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9780137795628

African Americans and the American Political System

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  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-07-30
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Offers a systematic, theoretical, and structural framework for more accurate appraisal of the relative nature and influence of governing institutions and of past, present, and recurring developments on African-American and American Politics generally.It's a dynamic systematic appraisal of how African Americans fare within the prevailing theoretical, structural, and functioning patterns of the American political and governmental system. Offers new materials on Black Political participation and voting behavior, e.g., who votes in the Black community; the role of race, class, and gender in Black politics; the role of the economy in shaping the Black vote; the Black evaluations of their representatives in Congress. Comments on the changing nature and structure ofAfrican-American participation and influence in Congress and the Presidency: e.g., the Congressional Black Caucus and the overall relative role and participation of Blacks in congress and in the Clinton Presidency and Administration.

Table of Contents

PREFACE ix
CHAPTER 1 BLACK AMERICA AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY
1(31)
Frames of Reference and African American Politics
5(1)
The Pluralist, Melting-Pot, Race Relations Cycle Model
6(2)
The Colonial Model
8(1)
The Dominant-Subordinate Group Model
9(2)
Harris's Alternative Formulation
11(2)
A Bit of History: The Politics of Uncertainty
13(1)
The Beginning, 1619-1865
14(2)
Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Nullification, 1866-1883
16(1)
Terror, Lynching, and Reimposition of White Supremacy, 1884-1914
17(1)
The Struggle for the Vote, 1915-1944
18(1)
The Struggle for Racial Integration, 1945-1965
19(1)
The Struggle for Economic Empowerment, 1966-Present
19(1)
The Importance of Population Size and Strategic Distribution
20(2)
The Black Population: Political-Social Profile
22(4)
Conclusion
26(1)
Topics for Discussion
27(1)
Suggested Readings
27(3)
Notes
30(2)
CHAPTER 2 THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
32(22)
Unequal Socioeconomic Conditions--Wealth and Income
33(3)
Black Wealth
36(1)
Median Family Income
36(2)
Income and Public Sector Employment
38(2)
Labor Force Participation
40(1)
Employment and Unemployment
40(2)
Poverty
42(3)
Black Business Ownership
45(1)
Blacks and Whites Do Not See the Same Reality
46(4)
Conclusion
50(1)
Topics for Discussion
51(1)
Suggested Readings
51(2)
Notes
53(1)
CHAPTER 3 THE NATURE OF THE SYSTEM
54(18)
Political Philosophy and American Politics
54(4)
American Political Values and "the Problem"
58(5)
Features of the System
63(3)
On Elites and Political Participation
66(2)
Conclusion
68(1)
Topics for Discussion
69(1)
Suggested Readings
69(1)
Notes
70(2)
CHAPTER 4 THE QUEST FOR POLITICAL POWER
72(38)
Voting as a Limited Resource
73(2)
Mobilization and Empowerment in the Alabama Black Belt
75(9)
Key Factors for Black Empowerment in the South
84(2)
Machine Politics and Blacks in Chicago
86(2)
The Election of Harold Washington
88(3)
Political Lessons from Chicago
91(3)
National Organizing as a Political Resource
94(2)
Presidential Politics and Resource Mobilization
96(2)
Ideology and Resource Mobilization--The New Black Conservatism
98(1)
Policy Recommendations of the Black Conservatives
99(2)
Measuring the Impact of the Black Political Power
101(1)
Conclusion
102(1)
Topics for Discussion
103(1)
Suggested Readings
104(2)
Notes
106(4)
CHAPTER 5 THE SUPREME COURT AND THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY
110(48)
Statutory Interpretation
114(1)
Courts and Judges
115(2)
Courts and Judicial Selection
117(2)
A Changing Federal Judiciary: The Rehnquist Court and the Reagan-Bush Legacy
119(2)
Courts, Policy Making, and Civil Rights
121(1)
Constitutionalizing Racism: Its Birth and Decline
122(3)
The Warren Court and Racial Discrimination
125(3)
Civil Rights in the Burger and Rehnquist Courts
128(19)
Voting Arrangements and Reapportionment
147(4)
The Poor in Court
151(3)
Topics for Discussion
154(1)
Suggested Readings
154(1)
Notes
154(4)
CHAPTER 6 COURTS, JUDGES, AND THE INTERACTION OF LAW AND POLITICS
158(23)
The Thurgood Marshall Story
159(2)
Thurgood Marshall, the Law, and the System: Tenets of an Enduring Legacy
161(9)
Summary
170(1)
Conclusion
170(5)
Topics for Discussion
175(1)
Suggested Readings
175(2)
Notes
177(4)
CHAPTER 7 CHANGE THROUGH POLITICS: INTEREST GROUPS
181(32)
Interest Groups and the Political Process
182(2)
Civil Rights Organizations: Quest for Survival and Role
184(6)
Civil Rights Groups: Problems and Prospects
190(16)
Interest Groups: Some Concluding Observations
206(3)
Topics for Discussion
209(1)
Suggested Readings
210(1)
Notes
211(2)
CHAPTER 8 CHANGE THROUGH POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES
213(21)
The American Two-Party System
213(4)
Blacks and the Republican Party: Freedom, Betrayal, and Abandonment
217(4)
Blacks and the Democratic Party: Loyalty and Neglect
221(2)
Jackson's Presidential Strategy in 1984 and 1988
223(2)
The Impact of Jackson's Presidential Campaigns
225(4)
The End of the Rebellion?
229(2)
Topics for Discussion
231(1)
Suggested Readings
231(1)
Notes
232(2)
CHAPTER 9 BLACK VOTERS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS
234(20)
Who Votes in the United States? Theories of Political Participation
235(2)
Black Participation and Group-Based Resources
237(3)
Predicting Black Campaign Activism
240(3)
Race and Voter Turnout: A Second Look
243(2)
The Economy and Its Effect on the Black Vote
245(2)
Black Attitudes toward Their Elected Representatives in Congress
247(1)
Summary
248(3)
Topics for Discussion
251(1)
Suggested Readings
251(1)
Notes
252(2)
CHAPTER 10 AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CONGRESSIONAL ARENA
254(49)
Blacks in Congress
257(7)
The Congressional Arena
264(1)
Committees
265(3)
Committee Chairperson
268(10)
District Representatives with a National Constituency: The Congressional Black Caucus
278(9)
The CBC in Perspective
287(4)
Black Officials with Mostly White Constituencies
291(3)
Conclusion
294(3)
Topics for Discussion
297(1)
Suggested Readings
297(1)
Notes
298(5)
CHAPTER 11 THE PRESIDENCY AND THE POLICY PROCESS: THE "POVERTY" OF BLACK POLITICS
303(37)
Becoming President
304(2)
Once in Office
306(8)
The Policy Process: An Overview
314(2)
Agenda Setting and Initiation
316(1)
Agenda Setting and Electoral Politics
317(1)
Agenda Setting and Interest Groups
318(1)
Agenda Setting and Domestic Crises
319(1)
Agenda Setting and the Idea Whose Time Has Come
319(2)
Initial Outcome: The Legislative Product
321(3)
Model Cities: The Policy Process in Action
324(4)
Who Benefited?
328(1)
Secondary Outcome: Administration and Impact
329(2)
Response, Feedback, and Future Prospects
331(2)
Topics for Discussion
333(1)
Suggested Readings
333(2)
Notes
335(5)
CHAPTER 12 THE AUTHORS SPEAK OUT
340(26)
Affirmative Action: What Is the Question?
340(10)
Mack H. Jones
Welfare Reform: Scrapping the System and Our Ideals
350(9)
Katherine Tate
Reality Checks for the National Conversation on Race: The President's Call and a Writer's Response
359(7)
Lucius J. Barker
INDEX 366

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