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African American candidates for state and federal office in the
United States face unique challenges, given the nation's
complicated racial dynamics. To date, there have been only two
elected African American governors in the country, the first
elected in Virginia in 1989 and the second in Massachusetts in
2006. While Black candidates running statewide have been elected in
increasing numbers in many areas of the country, there have been
fewer successes in the US South. The relative lack of success in
the South for Black candidates is puzzling given that, as a
percentage of the population, the South has the highest
concentration of African American citizens. This book examines the
campaigns of Black statewide candidates in the South to untangle
the factors that led to their electoral successes as well as the
factors that continue to stymie positive electoral results. Looking
at broader regional demographic and political trends, the authors
project that the South is on the threshold of a major breakthrough
for African American statewide candidates, who will have a
substantial role in not only fundamentally changing the political
dynamics of the region, but the nation as well. This change will be
driven not only by Black candidates and voters, but a rising
regional coalition of racial minority and white voters who are
increasingly willing to vote for Black candidates.
Contrary to popular belief, the problem with U.S. higher education
is not too much politics but too little. Far from being bastions of
liberal bias, American universities have largely withdrawn from the
world of politics. So conclude Bruce L. R. Smith, Jeremy Mayer, and
Lee Fritschler in this illuminating book. Closed Minds?draws on
data from interviews, focus groups, and a new national survey by
the authors, as well as their decades of experience in higher
education to paint the most comprehensive picture to date of campus
political attitudes. It finds that while liberals outnumber
conservatives within faculty ranks, even most conservatives believe
that ideology has little impact on hiring and promotion. Today's
students are somewhat more conservative than their professors, but
few complain of political bias in the classroom. Similarly, a
Pennsylvania legislative inquiry, which the authors explore as a
case study of conservative activism in higher education, found that
political bias was ""rare"" in the state's public colleges and
universities. Yet this ideological peace on campus has been
purchased at a high price. American universities are rarely
hospitable to lively discussions of issues of public importance.
They largely shun serious political debate, all but ignore what
used to be called civics, and take little interest in educating
students to be effective citizens. Smith, Mayer, and Fritschler
contrast the current climate of disengagement with the original
civic mission of American colleges and universities. In concluding,
they suggest how universities can reclaim and strengthen their
place in the nation's political and civic life.
A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest
impact of any region on the transformation of U.S. politics and
government. Since 1968, we have seen the demise of the "solid
(Democratic) South" and the rise of the Republican-dominated South;
the rise of the largely southern white evangelical religious right
movement; and demographic changes that have vastly altered the
political landscape of the region and national politics. Overriding
all of these changes is the major constant of southern politics:
race. Since the 1990s, the Republican Party has dominated politics
in the Southern United States. Race relations were a large factor
in this shift that began about a half century ago, but nonetheless,
race and demographic change are once again realigning party
politics in the region, this time back toward an emergent
Democratic Party. Membership in the Southern Democratic Party is
majority African American, Latino, and Asian, and rapidly expanding
with an influx of immigrants, primarily Latino. While race
continues to shape politics in the region, population growth is, as
this book argues, the major factor affecting politics in the South.
In fact, the populations of Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Virginia have grown more rapidly than the population
of the nation as a whole over the past half century-and each of
these states has gained at least one seat in Congress. These growth
states are the ones in which populations are diversifying,
economies are surging, and Democrats are making headway. They,
along with Florida and Texas, are also among the most competitive
states with the largest numbers of Electoral College votes in the
region. It is likely, therefore, that among the key battlegrounds
for determining the presidency will be the southern states with the
fastest growing populations. This will especially be the case once
the Latino population in Texas mobilizes. This book describes and
analyzes the ways in which demographic change has shaped politics
in the South since the late 1960s and may enable the Democratic
Party in the future to re-take politics in the region, and even
shut out Republicans from the nation's highest office.
Media Power, Media Politics, Second Edition, examines the role and
influence of the media in every sphere of American politics.
Organized thematically, the book analyzes the relationship between
the media and key institutions, political actors, and
nongovernmental entities, as well as the role of the new media,
media ethics, and foreign policy coverage. Written clearly and
concisely by leading scholars in the field, the chapters serve as
broad overviews to the issues, while discussion questions and
suggestions for further reading encourage deeper inquiry. Updated
throughout, the second edition includes expanded coverage of the
evolving role of new media, a new chapter on terrorism and the
media, and new pedagogical exercises and featured interviews with
journalists, bloggers, and media advisers.
Media Power, Media Politics, Second Edition, examines the role and
influence of the media in every sphere of American politics.
Organized thematically, the book analyzes the relationship between
the media and key institutions, political actors, and
nongovernmental entities, as well as the role of the new media,
media ethics, and foreign policy coverage. Written clearly and
concisely by leading scholars in the field, the chapters serve as
broad overviews to the issues, while discussion questions and
suggestions for further reading encourage deeper inquiry. Updated
throughout, the second edition includes expanded coverage of the
evolving role of new media, a new chapter on terrorism and the
media, and new pedagogical exercises and featured interviews with
journalists, bloggers, and media advisers.
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