- Princeton University Press
Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics
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- Michael C Dawson
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691025438
- 9.18 X 5.9 X 0.64 inches
- 0.85 pounds
- Political Science > American Government - General
- English
Book Description
Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and behaviors. Michael Dawson demonstrates, however, that the growth of a black middle class has left race as the dominant influence on African- American politics. Why have African Americans remained so united in most of their political attitudes? To account for this phenomenon, Dawson develops a new theory of group interests that emphasizes perceptions of linked fates and black economic subordination.
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