From Protest to Politics
New Black Voters in American Elections
Katherine Tate(Author)
Harvard University Press
Published on 1. March 1993
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-674-32538-8 (ISBN)
Description
The struggle for civil rights among Black Americans has moved into the voting booth. How such a shift came about - and what it means - is revealed in this reflection on black presidential politics in recent years. Since 1984, largely as a result of Jesse Jackson's presidential bid, blacks have been galvanized politically. Drawing on a substantial national survey of black voters, Katherine Tate shows how this process manifested itself at the polls in 1984 and 1988. In an analysis of the black presidential vote by region, income, age, and gender, she is able to identify unique aspects of the Black experience as they shape political behaviour, and to answer long-standing questions about that behaviour. How, for instance, does the rise of conservatism among blacks influence their voting patterns? Is class more powerful than race in determining voting? And what is the value of the notion of a black political party? In the 1990s, Tate suggests, Black organizations will continue to stress civil rights over economic development for one clear, compelling reason: Republican resistance to addressing black needs.
In this, and in the friction engendered by affirmative action, she finds an explanation for the slackening of black voting. Tate does not, however, see blacks abandoning the political game. Instead, she predicts their continued search for leaders who prefer the ballot box to other kinds of protest, and for men and women who can deliver political programmes of racial equality.
In this, and in the friction engendered by affirmative action, she finds an explanation for the slackening of black voting. Tate does not, however, see blacks abandoning the political game. Instead, she predicts their continued search for leaders who prefer the ballot box to other kinds of protest, and for men and women who can deliver political programmes of racial equality.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 line illustrations, 30 tables
Dimensions
Height: 158 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-32538-8 (9780674325388)
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