Legacy and Legitimacy : Black Americans and the Supreme Court /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clawson, Rosalee A.
Other Authors: Waltenburg, Eric N., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > Public opinion.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Mass media and public opinion > United States.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Legitimacy and American democracy
  • Blacks, civil rights, and the Supreme Court
  • Establishing the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity
  • Different presses, different frames : black and mainstream press coverage of a Supreme Court decision
  • Media framing and the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity
  • The Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity among African Americans : support for capital punishment and affirmative action
  • The causal relationship between public opinion toward the court and its policies : the University of Michigan affirmative action cases.

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