African American Perspectives on Political ScienceWilbur C. Rich Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, "African American Perspectives on Political Science "presents original essays from leading African American political scientists. Collectively, they evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related research, and omissions in the literature. They argue that because Americans do not fully understand the many-faceted issues of race in politics in their own country, they find it difficult to comprehend ethnic and racial disputes in other countries as well. In addition, partly because there are so few African Americans in the field, political science faces a danger of unconscious insularity in methodology and outlook. Contributors argue that the discipline needs multiple perspectives to prevent it from developing blind spots. Taken as a whole, these essays argue with great urgency that African American political scientists have a unique opportunity and a special responsibility to rethink the canon, the norms, and the directions of the discipline. |
Contents
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Globalization and Transnational Politics | 53 |
Black Politics in Latin America An Analysis of National and Transnational Politics | 55 |
Globalization and the Study of Development | 76 |
Civic Engagement and Voting | 105 |
Political Science and the Study of African American Public Opinion | 107 |
Toward a Critical Race Theory of Political Science A New Synthesis for Understanding Race Law and Politics | 212 |
Presidential Leadership and the Politics of Race Stereotypes Symbols and Scholarship | 232 |
The Subfields | 251 |
Comparative Politics and Asia Contesting Hegemonic Inter and IntraDisciplinary Boundaries | 253 |
Race and the Problem of Equity in the Administrative State Implications for Political Science Theory and Methods | 285 |
Race and the City The View from Two Political Science Journals | 308 |
Navigating the Muddy Waters of the Mainstream Tracing the Mystification of Racism in International Relations | 325 |
A Critical Review of American Political Institutions Reading Race into the Constitutional Silence on Race | 364 |
A Black Gender Gap? Continuity and Change in Attitudes toward Black Feminism | 130 |
Going It Alone Black Women Activists and Black Organizational Quiescence | 151 |
Political Scientists and the ActivistTechnocrat Dichotomy The Case of John Aubrey Davis | 169 |
Political Institutions | 193 |
Dimensions of Representation and the Congressional Black Caucus | 195 |
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