
The End of Race?
Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America
Yale University Press
Will be published approx. on 3. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-300-17519-6 (ISBN)
Description
How did race affect the election that gave America its first African American president? This book offers some fascinating, and perhaps controversial, findings. Donald R. Kinder and Allison Dale-Riddle assert that racism was in fact an important factor in 2008, and that if not for racism, Barack Obama would have won in a landslide. On the way to this conclusion, they make several other important arguments. In an analysis of the nomination battle between Obama and Hillary Clinton, they show why racial identity matters more in electoral politics than gender identity. Comparing the 2008 election with that of 1960, they find that religion played much the same role in the earlier campaign that race played in '08. And they argue that racial resentment-a modern form of racism that has superseded the old-fashioned biological variety-is a potent political force.
Reviews / Votes
"Thoroughly researched, compellingly argued...Kinder and Dale-Riddle's exploration of racial politics sheds light on one of America's defining moments, and provides a timely reminder that there's more to be done race is not yet won."-Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
32 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
494 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-17519-6 (9780300175196)
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E-Book
01/2012
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€44.95
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Persons
Donald R. Kinder is Philip E. Converse Collegiate Professor of Political Science, professor of psychology, and research professor in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. Allison Dale-Riddle is a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Michigan.