Voting hopes or fears? : white voters, Black candidates & racial politics in America / / Keith Reeves

• Autore: Reeves Keith
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 pages) : 18 figures
• Disciplina: 324.7/0973/09049
• Soggetto topico: Elections - United States; Race discrimination - Political aspects - United States; Racism - Political aspects - United States; Voting - United States
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-171) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Voting hopes or fears
• ISBN: 0-19-773439-1; 1-280-52847-8; 0-19-535639-X; 1-4294-1525-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806920203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.