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Tables of Contents for African Americans and the American Political System
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PREFACE
ix
CHAPTER 1 BLACK AMERICA AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY
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31
Frames of Reference and African American Politics
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1
The Pluralist, Melting-Pot, Race Relations Cycle Model
6
2
The Colonial Model
8
1
The Dominant-Subordinate Group Model
9
2
Harris's Alternative Formulation
11
2
A Bit of History: The Politics of Uncertainty
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1
The Beginning, 1619-1865
14
2
Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Nullification, 1866-1883
16
1
Terror, Lynching, and Reimposition of White Supremacy, 1884-1914
17
1
The Struggle for the Vote, 1915-1944
18
1
The Struggle for Racial Integration, 1945-1965
19
1
The Struggle for Economic Empowerment, 1966-Present
19
1
The Importance of Population Size and Strategic Distribution
20
2
The Black Population: Political-Social Profile
22
4
Conclusion
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1
Topics for Discussion
27
1
Suggested Readings
27
3
Notes
30
2
CHAPTER 2 THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
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22
Unequal Socioeconomic Conditions--Wealth and Income
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3
Black Wealth
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1
Median Family Income
36
2
Income and Public Sector Employment
38
2
Labor Force Participation
40
1
Employment and Unemployment
40
2
Poverty
42
3
Black Business Ownership
45
1
Blacks and Whites Do Not See the Same Reality
46
4
Conclusion
50
1
Topics for Discussion
51
1
Suggested Readings
51
2
Notes
53
1
CHAPTER 3 THE NATURE OF THE SYSTEM
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18
Political Philosophy and American Politics
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4
American Political Values and "the Problem"
58
5
Features of the System
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3
On Elites and Political Participation
66
2
Conclusion
68
1
Topics for Discussion
69
1
Suggested Readings
69
1
Notes
70
2
CHAPTER 4 THE QUEST FOR POLITICAL POWER
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38
Voting as a Limited Resource
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2
Mobilization and Empowerment in the Alabama Black Belt
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9
Key Factors for Black Empowerment in the South
84
2
Machine Politics and Blacks in Chicago
86
2
The Election of Harold Washington
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3
Political Lessons from Chicago
91
3
National Organizing as a Political Resource
94
2
Presidential Politics and Resource Mobilization
96
2
Ideology and Resource Mobilization--The New Black Conservatism
98
1
Policy Recommendations of the Black Conservatives
99
2
Measuring the Impact of the Black Political Power
101
1
Conclusion
102
1
Topics for Discussion
103
1
Suggested Readings
104
2
Notes
106
4
CHAPTER 5 THE SUPREME COURT AND THE POLITICS OF UNCERTAINTY
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Statutory Interpretation
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Courts and Judges
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2
Courts and Judicial Selection
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2
A Changing Federal Judiciary: The Rehnquist Court and the Reagan-Bush Legacy
119
2
Courts, Policy Making, and Civil Rights
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1
Constitutionalizing Racism: Its Birth and Decline
122
3
The Warren Court and Racial Discrimination
125
3
Civil Rights in the Burger and Rehnquist Courts
128
19
Voting Arrangements and Reapportionment
147
4
The Poor in Court
151
3
Topics for Discussion
154
1
Suggested Readings
154
1
Notes
154
4
CHAPTER 6 COURTS, JUDGES, AND THE INTERACTION OF LAW AND POLITICS
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23
The Thurgood Marshall Story
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2
Thurgood Marshall, the Law, and the System: Tenets of an Enduring Legacy
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9
Summary
170
1
Conclusion
170
5
Topics for Discussion
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1
Suggested Readings
175
2
Notes
177
4
CHAPTER 7 CHANGE THROUGH POLITICS: INTEREST GROUPS
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Interest Groups and the Political Process
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2
Civil Rights Organizations: Quest for Survival and Role
184
6
Civil Rights Groups: Problems and Prospects
190
16
Interest Groups: Some Concluding Observations
206
3
Topics for Discussion
209
1
Suggested Readings
210
1
Notes
211
2
CHAPTER 8 CHANGE THROUGH POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES
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21
The American Two-Party System
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4
Blacks and the Republican Party: Freedom, Betrayal, and Abandonment
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4
Blacks and the Democratic Party: Loyalty and Neglect
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2
Jackson's Presidential Strategy in 1984 and 1988
223
2
The Impact of Jackson's Presidential Campaigns
225
4
The End of the Rebellion?
229
2
Topics for Discussion
231
1
Suggested Readings
231
1
Notes
232
2
CHAPTER 9 BLACK VOTERS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS
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20
Who Votes in the United States? Theories of Political Participation
235
2
Black Participation and Group-Based Resources
237
3
Predicting Black Campaign Activism
240
3
Race and Voter Turnout: A Second Look
243
2
The Economy and Its Effect on the Black Vote
245
2
Black Attitudes toward Their Elected Representatives in Congress
247
1
Summary
248
3
Topics for Discussion
251
1
Suggested Readings
251
1
Notes
252
2
CHAPTER 10 AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CONGRESSIONAL ARENA
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Blacks in Congress
257
7
The Congressional Arena
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1
Committees
265
3
Committee Chairperson
268
10
District Representatives with a National Constituency: The Congressional Black Caucus
278
9
The CBC in Perspective
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4
Black Officials with Mostly White Constituencies
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3
Conclusion
294
3
Topics for Discussion
297
1
Suggested Readings
297
1
Notes
298
5
CHAPTER 11 THE PRESIDENCY AND THE POLICY PROCESS: THE "POVERTY" OF BLACK POLITICS
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37
Becoming President
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2
Once in Office
306
8
The Policy Process: An Overview
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2
Agenda Setting and Initiation
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1
Agenda Setting and Electoral Politics
317
1
Agenda Setting and Interest Groups
318
1
Agenda Setting and Domestic Crises
319
1
Agenda Setting and the Idea Whose Time Has Come
319
2
Initial Outcome: The Legislative Product
321
3
Model Cities: The Policy Process in Action
324
4
Who Benefited?
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1
Secondary Outcome: Administration and Impact
329
2
Response, Feedback, and Future Prospects
331
2
Topics for Discussion
333
1
Suggested Readings
333
2
Notes
335
5
CHAPTER 12 THE AUTHORS SPEAK OUT
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26
Affirmative Action: What Is the Question?
340
10
Mack H. Jones
Welfare Reform: Scrapping the System and Our Ideals
350
9
Katherine Tate
Reality Checks for the National Conversation on Race: The President's Call and a Writer's Response
359
7
Lucius J. Barker
INDEX
366