Dangerous Frames

by Winter, Nicholas J. G.

• ISBN13: 9780226902364
• ISBN10: 0226902366
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

In addition to their obvious roles in American politics, race and gender also work in hidden ways to profoundly influence the way we thinkand voteabout a vast array of issues that don't seem related to either category. As Nicholas Winter reveals inDangerous Frames, politicians and leaders often frame these seemingly unrelated issues in ways that prime audiences to respond not to the policy at hand but instead to the way its presentation resonates with their deeply held beliefs about race and gender. Winter shows, for example, how official rhetoric about welfare and Social Security has tapped into white Americans' racial biases to shape their opinions on both issues for the past two decades. Similarly, the way politicians presented health care reform in the 1990s divided Americans along the lines of their attitudes toward gender. Combining cognitive and political psychology with innovative empirical research,Dangerous Framesultimatelyilluminates the emotional underpinnings of American politics.

Author Biography

Nicholas Winter is assistant professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Race, Gender, and Political Cognition

American Race and Gender Schemas

Group Implication in the Laboratory

Racialization of Welfare and Social Security

Gendering of Health Care Reform

Race and Gender Frames in American Politics

Text of Experimental Articles

Experimental Question Wording

Measurement of Race and Gender Predispositions

Race Is Race Gender Is Gender

Coefficients for Additional Opinion Models

Notes

References

Index

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