African Americans and the American Political System

Klappentext
Offers a systematic, theoretical, and structural framework for more accurate appraisal of the relative nature and influence of governing institutions and of past, present, and recurring developments on African-American and American Politics generally. It's a dynamic systematic appraisal of how African Americans fare within the prevailing theoretical, structural, and functioning patterns of the American political and governmental system. Offers new materials on Black Political participation and voting behavior, e.g., who votes in the Black community; the role of race, class, and gender in Black politics; the role of the economy in shaping the Black vote; the Black evaluations of their representatives in Congress. Comments on the changing nature and structure of African-American participation and influence in Congress and the Presidency": e.g., the Congressional Black Caucus and the overall relative role and participation of Blacks in congress and in the Clinton Presidency and Administration.

Zusammenfassung
Intended for the basic survey course in American Government or Politics; Black Politics; African American Politics; Minority or Ethnic Politics; and Black Studies. This book is a systematic appraisal of how African Americans fare within the prevailing theoretical, structural, and functioning patterns of American political and governmental system.

Inhalt


 1. Black America and the Political System: The Politics of Uncertainty.


 2. The Nature of the Problem.


 3. The Nature of the System.


 4. The Quest for Political Power.


 5. The Supreme Court and the Politics of Uncertainty.


 6. Courts, Judges, and the Interaction of Law and Politics.


 7. Change through Politics: Interest Groups.


 8. Change through Politics: Political Parties.


 9. Black Voters and Electoral Politics.


10. African Americans and the Congressional Arena.


11. The Presidency and the Policy Process: The “Poverty” of Black Politics.


12. The Authors Speak Out.


Index.

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