Concordance : Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama /

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During the height of the civil rights movement, Blacks were among the most liberal Americans. Since the 1970s, however, increasing representation in national, state, and local government has brought about a more centrist outlook among Black political leaders. Focusing on the Congressional Black Cauc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tate, Katherine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress > History.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Social Sciences.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Politics and government
African Americans > Politics and government.
African American legislators.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Noirs americains > Politique et gouvernement.
Parlementaires noirs americains > Histoire.
African American legislators > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Black policymakers and a theory of concordance
  • President Carter and the old CBC
  • Black house democrats in the Reagan-Bush years
  • President Clinton and the new CBC
  • President Bush and the New Black Moderates
  • President Obama and Black political incorporation
  • The moderating effect of institutional pressures
  • The new CBC.

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