African American Women Voters: Racializing Religiosity, Political Consciousness and Progressive Political Action in U.S. Presidential Elections from

This book delves in to the truth about the American political system and the phenomenon of religious African American women voters, offering a new theory, racializing religiosity. This theory attempts to explain the increased progressive political action of religious African American women voters in United States presidential elections from 1964 through 2008. The author presents a historical, political, and empirical analysis of the experiences of African American women voters and their ability to overcome struggles to emerge as a powerful voting bloc.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Nealy, Lisa Nikol
Published: 12/17/2008
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761844570
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d