Full Description
The contemporary debate over racial classification has been dominated by fringe voices in American society. Cries from the right say history should be abrogated and public policy made color-blind, while zealots of the left insist that all customs, language, institutions, and practices are racially tinged and that only aggressive, color-conscious programs can reverse the course of American history. The essays in this volume, however, recognize that racial classification is an issue that cuts too deep and poses too many constitutional questions to be resolved by slogans of either the right or the left. The contributors to this volume are James Alt, Kenneth Benoit, Henry Brady, John Bruce, Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Andrew Gelman, Lani Guinier, Fredrick C. Harris, Gary King, Robert C. Lieberman, David Ian Lublin, David Metz, Paul E. Peterson, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Kenneth Shepsle, Theda Skocpol, Katherine Tate, Richard Valelly, Sidney Verba, and Margaret Weir. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Contents
List of FiguresList of TablesPreface and Acknowledgments1A Politically Correct Solution to Racial Classification32The Representation of Minority Interests213Electoral Systems and Minority Representation504Racial Fairness in Legislative Redistricting855Race, Representation, and Redistricting1116African Americans in U.S. Social Policy1297Race and the Organization of Welfare Policy1568National Parties and Racial Disenfranchisement1889The Politics of Racial Isolation in Europe and America21710Racial Group Competition in Urban Elections24511The Color of Urban Campaigns26212Religious Institutions and African American Political Mobilization27813Race and Voter Registration in the South31314The Effects of Ethnicity on Political Culture33315Race, Ethnicity, and Political Participation354References379Contributors407Index409
