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Race and Inequality in American Politics An Imperfect Union

eTextbook coming soon Late 2024/Early 2025

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Authors

Zoltan L. Hajnal
, University of California, San Diego,
Vincent L. Hutchings
, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Taeku Lee
, Harvard University, Massachusetts

Description

Authored by three of the USA's most well-known scholars on American politics, this undergraduate textbook argues that racial considerations are today-and have always been since the nation's founding-central to understanding America's political system writ large. Drawing on decades of teaching experience and compelling original research, Hajnal, Hutchings, and Lee present an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of race's role in American democracy, spanning topics as wide-ranging as public opinion, voting behavior, media representation, criminal justice, social policy, and protest movements. The…

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Key features

  • Brings a fresh and provocative perspective that racial considerations are central to understanding America's political system, offering greater potential for compelling classroom discussion
  • Highlights the vast diversity of experiences in the United States by considering the perspectives of multiple racial and ethnic groups
  • Accessible writing style and engaging thematic elements illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time
  • Pedagogical features include opening vignettes, discussion questions, annotated suggested readings, 'How It Happened' boxes to explain the core logic of an event or outcome; 'Digging Deeper' and 'What It Looks Like Today' boxes which illustrate in more graphic ways the experience of race in the past or present, and 'Testing the Theory' boxes that demonstrate how social science answers contentious questions on race

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