6. African-American Political Choice

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Part One. BEHIND THE MULE: THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN GROUP INTERESTS
7. 1. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans 3
8. 2. The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans 15
9. 3. The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests 45
10. Part Two. AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR AND PUBLIC OPINION
11. 4. Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests 71
12. 5. African-American Partisanship and the American Party System 96
13. 6. African-American Political Choice 130
14. 7. Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy 161
15. 8. Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African- American Policy Preferences 181
16. 9. Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics 204
17. Bibliography 213
18. Index 227