Ian Haney López

Dog Whistle Politics

How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class

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Produktbeschreibung

An eye-opening account of how racial appeals generate broad enthusiasm for policies that injure the middle class

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780190229252
• ISBN-10: 019022925X
• Artikelnr.: 47864173

Autorenporträt

Ian Haney Lopez is the John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. An incisive voice on white identity since the publication of his path-breaking book White by Law (1996), he remains at the forefront of conversations about race in modern America. A past visiting professor at Yale and Harvard law schools, in 2011 he was awarded the Alphonse Fletcher Fellowship, given to scholars whose work promotes the integration goals of Brown v. Board of Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Learning about Racism at Harvard Law School
Introduction Racial Politics and the Middle Class
Chapter One The Southern Strategy and the GOP's Rise as the White Man's Party
Chapter Two Beyond Hate: Strategic Racism
Chapter Three The Wrecking Begins: Ronald Reagan
Chapter Four Colorblindness and Whites as Racial Victims
Chapter Five Updating the Whistle: Clinton and W.
Chapter Six How Conservatives Get Away with Racism
Chapter Seven Makers and Takers
Chapter Eight What's the Matter with White Voters?
Chapter Nine Obama's Post-Racial Strategy
Conclusion To End Dog Whistle Politics