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Although Latinos are now the largest non-majority group in the
United States, existing research on white attitudes toward Latinos
has focused almost exclusively on attitudes toward immigration.
This book changes that. It argues that such accounts fundamentally
underestimate the political power of whites' animus toward Latinos
and thus miss how conflict extends well beyond immigration to
issues such as voting rights, criminal punishment, policing, and
which candidates to support. Providing historical and cultural
context and drawing on rich survey and experimental evidence, the
authors show that Latino racism-ethnicism is a coherent belief
system about Latinos that is conceptually and empirically distinct
from other forms of out-group hostility, and from partisanship and
ideology. Moreover, animus toward Latinos has become a powerful
force in contemporary American politics, shaping white public
opinion in elections and across a number of important issue areas -
and resulting in policies that harm Latinos disproportionately.
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Mandate Politics (Hardcover)
Lawrence J. Grossback, David A.M. Peterson, James A. Stimson
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R2,320
Discovery Miles 23 200
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Whether or not voters consciously use their votes to send messages
about their preferences for public policy, the Washington community
sometimes comes to believe that it has heard such a message. In
this 2006 book the authors ask 'What then happens?' They focus on
these perceived mandates - where they come from and how they alter
the behaviors of members of Congress, the media, and voters. These
events are rare. Only three elections in post-war America (1964,
1980 and 1994) were declared mandates by the media consensus. These
declarations, however, had a profound if ephemeral impact on
members of Congress. They altered the fundamental gridlock that
prevents Congress from adopting major policy changes. The responses
by members of Congress to these three elections are responsible for
many of the defining policies of this era. Despite their
infrequency, then, mandates are important to the face of public
policy.
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Mandate Politics (Paperback)
Lawrence J. Grossback, David A.M. Peterson, James A. Stimson
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R1,142
Discovery Miles 11 420
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Whether or not voters consciously use their votes to send messages
about their preferences for public policy, the Washington community
sometimes comes to believe that it has heard such a message. In
this 2006 book the authors ask 'What then happens?' They focus on
these perceived mandates - where they come from and how they alter
the behaviors of members of Congress, the media, and voters. These
events are rare. Only three elections in post-war America (1964,
1980 and 1994) were declared mandates by the media consensus. These
declarations, however, had a profound if ephemeral impact on
members of Congress. They altered the fundamental gridlock that
prevents Congress from adopting major policy changes. The responses
by members of Congress to these three elections are responsible for
many of the defining policies of this era. Despite their
infrequency, then, mandates are important to the face of public
policy.
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