Race to the bottom : how racial appeals work in American politics / LaFleur Stephens-Dougan.

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"In this book the author argues that we focus on the use of negative racial appeals by the Republican Party, while ignoring the incentives that exist for some Democratic candidates to use race as much as, if not more than Republican candidates. The conventional wisdom is that a Democratic candidate...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Chicago studies in American politics.
Main Author: Stephens-Dougan, LaFleur (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Series:Chicago studies in American politics.
Subjects:
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Race discrimination.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
United States.
Physical Description:viii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Theory of Racial Distancing
  • Obama as Racial Signaler
  • Racial Distancing on the Campaign Trail and in the Lab
  • Race, Partisanship, and Rhetoric
  • Racial Distancing and Racial Imagery.