Behind the Mule : : Race and Class in African-American Politics / / Michael C. Dawson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Dawson, Michael C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 16 line illustrations, 33 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Part One. BEHIND THE MULE: THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUP INTERESTS --; 1. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans --; 2. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans --; 3. The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests --; Part Two. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND PUBLIC OPINION --; 4. Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests --; 5. African-American Partisanship and the American Party System --; 6. African-American Political Choice --; 7. Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy --; 8. Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African- American Policy Preferences --; 9. Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691212982; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691212982?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael C. Dawson.

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.