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10%OFFShayla C. Nunnally - Trust in Black America: Race, Discrimination, and Politics - 9780814758663 - V9780814758663
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Trust in Black America: Race, Discrimination, and Politics

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Description for Trust in Black America: Race, Discrimination, and Politics Paperback. Explicates the influence of race on black Americans' trust perceptions Num Pages: 295 pages, 43 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.

The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy functions. However, African Americans have long suffered from the lack of equal protection by their government, and the racial discrimination they have faced breaks down their trust in democracy. Rather than promoting democracy, the United States government has, from its inception, racially discriminated against African American citizens and other racial groups, denying them equal access to citizenship and to protection of the law. Civil rights violations by ordinary citizens have also tainted social relationships between racial groups—social relationships that should be meaningful for enhancing relations between citizens and the government at ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814758663
SKU
V9780814758663
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99-50

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Reviews for Trust in Black America: Race, Discrimination, and Politics
Shayla Nunnally has written a groundbreaking study of the development of trust among Black Americans. Trust in Black America is empirically sound and theoretically sophisticated. It is a foundational study that should be read by anyone interested in race and racial politics in the United States.
Marion Orr,co-editor of Power in the City This book arrives at a propitious ... Read more

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