African American Power and Politics: The Political Context Variable

Hanes Walton

Columbia University Press, 1997 - Political Science - 475 pages

The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life, this book explores the ways in which conservative elites mobilized the American public around issues of race as ideology, discourse, strategy, and political elections from the Reagan victory of 1980 to the Republican congressional triumphs of 1994. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda.

About the author

HANES WALTON, JR. is professor of political science at the University of Michigan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: African American Power and Politics: The Political Context Variable; Power, Conflict, and Democracy - American Politics into the 21st Century Series; Power, conflict, and democracy
• Author: Hanes Walton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0231104197, 9780231104197
• Length: 475 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Civil Rights