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Authored by three of the USA's most well-known scholars on American politics, this undergraduate textbook argues that racial considerations are today-and have always been since the nation's founding-central to understanding America's political system writ large. Drawing on decades of teaching experience and compelling original research, Hajnal, Hutchings, and Lee present an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of race's role in American democracy, spanning topics as wide-ranging as public opinion, voting behavior, media representation, criminal justice, social policy, and protest movements. The reader will examine the perspectives of multiple racial groups, learn how to bring empirical analysis to bear on deeply divided viewpoints, and debate solutions to the many problems of governance in an America that is polarized by party, riven by race, and divided by inequality. Chapters open with a vignette to introduce the core issues and conclude with discussion questions and annotated suggested readings. Full color photos, figures, and boxed features elaborate on and reinforce important themes. Instructor resources are available online.
Contents
Preface; Part I. Diversity and American Democracy: 1. Setting the stage: diversity and democracy; 2. E pluribus unum: citizenship, demographic change, and diversity; 3. Democracy, inequality, and polarization; Part II. The Experience of Race in The United States: 4. How do individuals experience discrimination in the United States?; 5. How do institutions contribute to racism in the United States?; Part III. The Inputs of Democratic Decision-Making in A Racially Divided America: 6. Public opinion: divided by race?; 7. Political participation; 8. Media, campaigns, and the politics of race; 9. Race and elections; Part IV. Outcomes in American Democracy: 10. Do elected officials look like their constituents?; 11. Does government carry out the will of the people?; 12. Criminal justice; 13. Voting rights; 14. Race and the shaping of American social policies; 15. Diversity and democracy from the bottom up: the past, the present, and the future.