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Michael C. Dawson

Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics

Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics

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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.

-- "Choice"

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Dawson, Michael C.
Published: 07/23/1995
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691025438
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.18h x 5.90w x 0.64d
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