American Politics And The African American Quest For Universal Freedom

by Walton, Hanes; Smith, Robert C.

• ISBN13: 9780321292377
• ISBN10: 0321292375
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Hanes Walton, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
List of Figures xi
List of Boxes	xii
Preface	xiv
About the Authors	xviii
PART I FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER 1 Universal Freedom Declared, Universal Freedom Denied: Racism, Slavery, and the Ideology of White Supremacy in the Founding of the Republic	1	(20)
Freedom: A Typological Analysis 2 Freedom, Power, and Politics	3	(6)
Philosophy, Politics, and Interest in Constitution Formation	9	(12)
CHAPTER 2 Federalism and the Limits of Universal Freedom	21	(23)
Federalism: Origins and Operations in the United States	22	(6)
Reconstruction, the New Deal, and the Civil Rights Movement: The Triumph of National-Centered Power	28	(2)
The Fourteenth Amendment: The American Charter of Universal Freedom	30	(14)
PART II POLITICAL BEHAVIORISM	44	(42)
CHAPTER 3 Political Culture	44	(9)
The Concept of Political Culture and the Invisibility of African Americans	44	(1)
The Literature on the African American Political Culture	45	(1)
The African American Political Culture: An Empirical Estimation	46	(7)
CHAPTER 4 Political Socialization	53	(12)
Gunnar Myrdal and the Political Socialization of African Americans	53	(1)
The Literature on African American Political Socialization	54	(4)
African American Political Socialization: An Empirical Estimation of Religion and the Church as Agents	58	(2)
The 2000 Election as an Agent of Political Socialization	60	(1)
Collective Memory: The Transmission Belt of African American Political Socialization	61	(4)
CHAPTER 5 Public Opinion	65	(10)
Gunnar Myrdal and African American Public Opinion	65	(1)
White Public Opinion on Race and Racism	66	(1)
Recent Literature on African American Opinion	67	(1)
African American Opinion: Alienation	68	(1)
African American Ideology: Liberalism	68	(3)
African American Ideology: Black Nationalism	71	(4)
CHAPTER 6 African Americans and the Media	75	(11)
Gunnar Myrdal and the African American Media	75	(2)
The African American Media and African Americans in the Mass Media	77	(4)
Mass Media Coverage of African Americans	81	(5)
PART III COALITIONS, MOVEMENTS, INTEREST GROUPS, PARTIES, AND ELECTIONS	86	(80)
CHAPTER 7 Social Movements and a Theory of African American Coalition Politics	86	(26)
A Theory of African American Coalition Politics	86	(2)
The First Rights-Based Movement: The Abolitionist Coalition	88	(3)
Abolitionism and Feminism	91	(1)
Booker T. Washington's Coalition for Limited Freedom	92	(2)
Material-Based Coalitions: From Populism to Communism	94	(3)
The Second Rights-Based Coalition: The Civil Rights Movement	97	(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