Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior
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Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior
By (Author) Ismail K. White
By (author) Chryl N. Laird
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
5th October 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political ideologies and movements
Right-of-centre democratic ideologies
Centrist democratic ideologies
Ethnic studies
323.1196073
Physical Properties
Paperback
248
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A groundbreaking look at how group expectations unify black Americans in their support of the Democratic party Black Americans are by far the most unified racial group in American electoral politics, with 80 to 90 percent identifying as Democrats-a surprising figure given that nearly a third now also identify as ideologically conservative, up fr
Reviews
"Winner of the American Political Science Association Best Book Award"
"Co-Winner of the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section Best Book Award, American Political Science Association"
"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers"
"Provocative."---Charles Lane, Washington Post
Author Bio
Ismail K. White is professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University. White is the coeditor of African-American Political Psychology: Identity, Opinion, and Action in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Chryl N. Laird is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland. Twitter @chryllaird
