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What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion
Katherine Tate
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Description for What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion
paperback. Based on analysis of public opinion data since the 1970s, this title examines how Black opinions on welfare, affirmative action, crime control, school vouchers, civil rights for other minorities, immigration, the environment, and US foreign policy have changed. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case? Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civil rights movement have made Black politics and public opinion more moderate over time. Black leaders now have greater opportunity to participate in mainstream politics, and Blacks look ... Read more
In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case? Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the civil rights movement have made Black politics and public opinion more moderate over time. Black leaders now have greater opportunity to participate in mainstream politics, and Blacks look ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589017023
SKU
V9781589017023
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About Katherine Tate
Katherine Tate is a professor of political science and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Black Faces in the Mirror and From Protest to Politics.
Reviews for What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion
Tate's data are extensive, interesting, and informative, and provide for a compelling story of how blacks think about politics, yesterday and today ... Tate's work should become seminal reading for those interested in public opinion, and race and politics. Political Science Quarterly An intriguing work drawing together more than thirty years of public opinion data from a variety of sources ... Read more