Description
This dynamic and comprehensive text from two nationally renowned scholars continues to demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had -- and continue to have -- on American politics.
Through the use of two interrelated themes—the idea of universal freedom and the concept of minority-majority coalitions—the text demonstrates how the presence of Africans in the United States affected the founding of the Republic and its political institutions and processes. The authors show that through the quest for their own freedom in the United States, African Americans have universalized and expanded the freedoms for all Americans.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Universal Freedom Declared, University Freedom Denied: Racism, Slavery, and the Ideology of White Supremacy in the Founding of the Republic
Chapter 2. Federalism and the Limits of Universal Freedom
PART II. POLITICAL BEHAVIORISM
Chapter 3. Political Culture
Chapter 4. Political Socialization
Chapter 5. Public Opinion
Chapter 6. African Americans and the Media
PART III. COALITIONS, MOVEMENTS, INTEREST GROUPS, PARTIES, AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 7. Social Movements and a Theory of African American Coalition Politics
Chapter 8. Interest Groups
Chapter 9. Political Parties
Chapter 10. Voting Behavior and Elections
PART IV. INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 11. The Congress and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
Chapter 12. The Presidency and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
Chapter 13. The Supreme Court and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
Chapter 14. The Bureaucracy and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
Chapter 15. Domestic Policy and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
Chapter 16. American Foreign Policy and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom
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American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom, CourseSmart eTextbook, 6th Edition
Format: Electronic Book
$32.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-205-07982-7
