Classifying by Race

by Peterson, Paul E.

• ISBN13: 9780691001760
• ISBN10: 0691001766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

The contemporary debate over racial classification has been dominated by fringe voices in American society. Cries from the right say history should be abrogated and public policy made color-blind, while zealots of the left insist that all customs, language, institutions, and practices are racially tinged and that only aggressive, color-conscious programs can reverse the course of American history. The essays in this volume, however, recognize that racial classification is an issue that cuts too deep and poses too many constitutional questions to be resolved by slogans of either the right or the left.The contributors to this volume are James Alt, Kenneth Benoit, Henry Brady, John Bruce, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Andrew Gelman, Lani Guinier, Fredrick C. Harris, Gary King, Robert C. Lieberman, David Ian Lublin, David Metz, Paul E. Peterson, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Kenneth Shepsle, Theda Skocpol, Katherine Tate, Richard Valelly, Sidney Verba, and Margaret Weir.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
A Politically Correct Solution to Racial Classification	p. 3
The Representation of Minority Interests	p. 21
Electoral Systems and Minority Representation	p. 50
Racial Fairness in Legislative Redistricting	p. 85
Race, Representation, and Redistricting	p. 111
African Americans in U.S. Social Policy	p. 129
Race and the Organization of Welfare Policy	p. 156
National Parties and Racial Disenfranchisement	p. 188
The Politics of Racial Isolation in Europe and America	p. 217
Racial Group Competition in Urban Elections	p. 245
The Color of Urban Campaigns	p. 262
Religious Institutions and African American Political Mobilization	p. 278
Race and Voter Registration in the South	p. 313
The Effects of Ethnicity on Political Culture	p. 333
Race, Ethnicity, and Political Participation	p. 354
References	p. 379
Contributors	p. 407
Index	p. 409
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