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

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

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Black American StudiesSocial MovementsUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0691025436
ISBN13: 9780691025438
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Jul 23 1995
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.18
Language: English

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.

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