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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 188 pages)

Edition: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 1589017021 , 1589016165 , 9781589017023 , 9781589016163

Content: In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case?. Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civil rights movement have made Black politics and public opinion more moderate over time. Black leaders now have greater opportunity to participate in mai

Content: What's going on? the state of public opinion in Black America -- Welfare reform and shifts in Black opinion on welfare policies -- Shifts in Black support for government aid for Blacks and minorities -- Black opinion on crime control policies -- Education policies, school vouchers, and busing in Black America -- Social issues and rights for women and for gays and lesbians in Black America -- Black opinion on immigration and the environment -- Blacks on U.S. foreign policy -- Black political incorporation and public opinion

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tate, Katherine What's going on? Washington, D.C : Georgetown University Press, ©2010

Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)

ISBN: 9780691186351

Content: Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Puzzle of Representation -- II. Black Members of Congress -- Chapter 2. Black Members of Congress -- Chapter 3. The Elections of Blacks to Congress -- III. Representing Black Interests -- Chapter 4. Legislative Styles and Voting Records -- Chapter 5. Symbols and Substance -- IV. The View from Black Constituents -- Chapter 6. Blacks' Evaluations of House Members: Does Race Matter? -- Chapter 7. Descriptive Representation and Black Political Empowerment -- Chapter 8. Descriptive Representation and Trust in Government -- V. Conclusion -- Chapter 9. The Future of Black Faces in the U.S. Congres s -- Appendix A . The 1996 National Black Election Study -- Appendix B . List of Black Members of the U.S. Congres s -- Notes -- References -- Index

Additional Edition: 9780691091556

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tate, Katherine Black Faces in the Mirror : African Americans and Their Representatives in the U. S. Congress Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2018 9780691091556

Language: English

URL: Volltext

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780691186351

Content: Here, Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship. The first half of the book examines whether black members of the U.S. House legislate and represent their constituents differently than white members do. Representation is broadly conceptualized to include not only legislators' roll call voting behavior and bill sponsorship, but also the symbolic acts in which they engage. The second half looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans based on a landmark national survey. Tate's findings are mixed. But, in the main, legislators' race does shape how they represent their constituents and how constituents evaluate them. African Americans view black representatives more positively than they do white representatives, even those who belong to their own political party. Black legislators, however, are just as likely as white representatives to sponsor and gain passage of bills in the House. Tate also concludes that black House members are more liberal as a group than are their black constituents, but that there is considerable divergence in the quality and type of representation they provide. The findings reported here will generate controversy in the fields of politics, law, and race, particularly as debate commences over renewing the Voting Rights Act, which is set to expire in 2007.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Figures and Tables -- , Preface and Acknowledgments -- , I . Introduction -- , Chapter 1. The Puzzle of Representation -- , II. Black Members of Congress -- , Chapter 2. Black Members of Congress -- , Chapter 3. The Elections of Blacks to Congress -- , III. Representing Black Interests -- , Chapter 4. Legislative Styles and Voting Records -- , Chapter 5. Symbols and Substance -- , IV. The View from Black Constituents -- , Chapter 6. Blacks' Evaluations of House Members: Does Race Matter? -- , Chapter 7. Descriptive Representation and Black Political Empowerment -- , Chapter 8. Descriptive Representation and Trust in Government -- , V. Conclusion -- , Chapter 9. The Future of Black Faces in the U.S. Congress -- , Appendix A. The 1996 National Black Election Study -- , Appendix B. List of Black Members of the U.S. Congress -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.23943/9780691186351

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.23943/9780691186351

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Format: VIII, 182 S. : , graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 978-0-415-84239-6 , 978-0-415-84240-2

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-203-75838-0

Language: English

Keywords: Drogenpolitik ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Marihuana ; Entkriminalisierung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 194 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 9780472119059 , 9780472029563

Series Statement: The politics of race and ethnicity

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780691186351

Content: Here, Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship. The first half of the book examines whether black members of the U.S. House legislate and represent their constituents differently than white members do. Representation is broadly conceptualized to include not only legislators' roll call voting behavior and bill sponsorship, but also the symbolic acts in which they engage. The second half looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans based on a landmark national survey. Tate's findings are mixed. But, in the main, legislators' race does shape how they represent their constituents and how constituents evaluate them. African Americans view black representatives more positively than they do white representatives, even those who belong to their own political party. Black legislators, however, are just as likely as white representatives to sponsor and gain passage of bills in the House. Tate also concludes that black House members are more liberal as a group than are their black constituents, but that there is considerable divergence in the quality and type of representation they provide. The findings reported here will generate controversy in the fields of politics, law, and race, particularly as debate commences over renewing the Voting Rights Act, which is set to expire in 2007

Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Nov 2018) , In English

Language: English

Keywords: USA Congress ; Abgeordneter ; Schwarze

DOI: 10.1515/9780691186351

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)

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Format: 1 online resource (203 pages)

ISBN: 9781589016163

Content: In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case?. Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civil rights movement have made Black politics and public opinion more moderate over time. Black leaders now have greater opportunity to participate in mainstream politics, and Blacks look to elected officials rather than activists for political leadership. Black socioeconomic concerns have moved to the center as poverty has declined and their economic opportunities have improved. Based on solid analysis of public opinion data from the 1970s to the present, Tate examines how Black opinions on welfare, affirmative action, crime control, school vouchers, civil rights for other minorities, immigration, the environment, and U.S. foreign policy have changed.

Content: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What's Going On? The State of Public Opinion in Black America -- 2 Welfare Reform and Shifts in Black Opinion on Welfare Policies -- 3 Shifts in Black Support for Government Aid to Blacks and Minorities -- 4 Black Opinion on Crime Control Policies -- 5 Education Policies, School Vouchers, and Busing in Black America -- 6 Social Issues and Rights for Women and for Gays and Lesbians in Black America -- 7 Black Opinion on Immigration and the Environment -- 8 Blacks on U.S. Foreign Policy -- 9 Black Political Incorporation and Public Opinion -- Appendix: List of Public Opinion Data Sets -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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Additional Edition: 9781589017023

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781589017023

Language: English

URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=674972

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Format: XIV, 221 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 0674325389

Content: The struggle for civil rights among black Americans has moved into the voting booth. How such a shift came about - and what it means - is revealed in this timely reflection on black presidential politics in recent years. Since 1984, largely as a result of Jesse Jackson's presidential bid, blacks have been galvanized politically. Drawing on a substantial national survey of black voters, Katherine Tate shows how this process manifested itself at the polls in 1984 and 1988. In an analysis of the black presidential vote by region, income, age, and gender, she is able to identify unique aspects of the black experience as they shape political behavior, and to answer longstanding questions about that behavior. How, for instance, does the rise of conservatism among blacks influence their voting patterns? Is class more powerful than race in determining voting? And what is the value of the notion of a black political party? In the 1990s, Tate suggests, black organizations will continue to stress civil rights over economic development for one clear, compelling reason: Republican resistance to addressing black needs. In this, and in the friction engendered by affirmative action, she finds an explanation for the slackening of black voting. Tate does not, however, see blacks abandoning the political game. Instead, she predicts their continued search for leaders who prefer the ballot box to other kinds of protest, and for men and women who can deliver political programs of racial equality. Unique in its focus on the black electorate, this study illuminates a little understood and tremendously significant aspect of American politics. It will benefit those who wish to understand better the subtle interplay of race and politics, at the voting booth and beyond.

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA Präsident ; Präsidentenwahl ; Wahlverhalten ; Schwarze ; Geschichte 1984-1988

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Format: XIII, 188 S. , graph. Darst. , 23 cm

ISBN: 9781589017023 , 1589017021

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: USA ; Schwarze ; Politische Beteiligung ; Öffentliche Meinung ; Wandel ; Geschichte 1970-2010