UID:
edocfu_9959238435102883
Format:
1 online resource (200 pages) :
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18 figures
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-773439-1
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1-280-52847-8
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0-19-535639-X
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1-4294-1525-8
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Using experimental studies, this text offers fresh empirical evidence that the issue of race still pervades American consciousness and prevents blacks winning elections in white majority districts. The author explores election campaigns which, he says, appeal to whites' racial fears and sentiments.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1997.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- I: OUR INTRACTABLE PROBLEM -- 1 Race-A Political Lightning Rod -- 2 Voting Discrimination against Black Candidates -- II: THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- 3 The Print Press-Making an Issue of Race -- 4 The Persistence of Racial Prejudice in the Electorate -- 5 The Consequences of Cueing Subtle Appeals to Race -- III: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUAL POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY REVISITED -- 6 In Pursuit of a Level Playing Field -- Appendix A: The Content Analysis Study -- Appendix B: The 1992 Biracial Election Campaign Study -- Appendix C: The Voting Rights Act -- Notes -- References -- Table of Cases -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-510161-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-510162-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195101614.001.0001
