Perception and prejudice : race and politics in the United States /

Based on one of the most extensive scientific surveys of race ever conducted, this book investigates the relationship between racial perceptions and policy choices in America. The contributors - leading scholars in the fields of public opinion, race relations, and political behavior - clarify and ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hurwitz, Jon, Peffley, Mark
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Since 1993
Racism > Political aspects > United States.
White people > United States > Attitudes.
Racisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Racism > Political aspects.
Social policy.
White people > Attitudes.
Politik
Rassismus
Sozialpolitik
Aufsatzsammlung
United States > Race relations.
United States > Politics and government > 1993-
United States > Social policy > 1993-
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 1993-
United States.
USA
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prejudice and politics : an intellectual biography of a research project
  • When white Southerners converse about race
  • White's stereotypes of blacks : sources and political consequences
  • When prejudice matters : the impact of racial stereotypes on the racial policy preferences of Democrats and Republicans
  • Understanding whites' resistance to Affirmative Action : the role of principled commitments and racial prejudice
  • Racial attitudes and race-neutral social policies : white opposition to welfare and the politics of racial inequality
  • In their own words : citizens' explanations of inequality between the races.

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