African-American Political Psychology: Identity, Opinion, and Action in the Post-Civil Rights Era

ISBN-13: 9780230623552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 246 str.

Tasha S. Philpot; Ismail White; Tasha S. Philpot

Opis

Decades of research in both political science and psychology have demonstrated that external, environmental factors influence individuals' mental processes, especially as they relate to politics. Inasmuch as such factors vary systematically across racial and ethnic groups, the political psychology of these groups warrants study, hence, the objective of this volume. We have assembled a number of papers from both psychologists and political scientists in an effort to combine both disciplines' understanding of the psychological underpinnings of Blacks' orientation to the political world. Our goal is to take lessons learned from previous research and incorporate them into new theories and utilize new data sources in an effort to create a unified study of Black political psychology.

Recenzje

" African-American Political Psychology is part of the new research agenda in Black politics, providing broader theoretical structure for the study of Black public opinion and introducing methodological innovations for a more complicated, post-civil rights racial world." - Katherine Tate, University of California, Irvine

Spis treści

Introduction: Defining African-American Political Psychology; T.S.Philpot  & I.K.White PART I: THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH IN TWO DISCIPLINES A Meeting of the Minds: Exploring the Intersection of Psychology, Political Science, and Black Politics; T.S.Philpot, K.Endres  & J.Iadarola The Political Science Image of the Black Mind: Politics in the Psychology of African Americans; H.K.McClerking  & H.Walton, Jr. PART II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BLACK IDENTITY Beliefs in Black and White: How Race Influences Americans' Perceptions of Themselves, Their Racial Group, and their National Group; R.Eidelson  & M.Lyubansky Feeling Different: Racial Group-Based Emotional Response to Political Events; T.S.Philpot, I.K.White, K.Wylie  & E.B.McGowen When Race Matters and When It Doesn't: Racial Group Differences in Response to Racial Cues; I.K.White One of Our Own: Black Female Candidates and the Voters Who Support Them; T.S.Philpot  & H.Walton, Jr. Race, Identity, and Candidate Support: A Test of Implicit Preference; J.M.Sullivan PART III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BLACK POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR Religion through a Racial Lens: The Effect of Race on Religious Interpretation; E.L.McDaniel Some Like it Hot: Towards a Political Climate Explanation of Racial Differences in Political Interest; R.Block, Jr. Divide and Conquer: How Partisan Race Cues Polarize the Electorate; V.L.Hutchings  & N.A.Valentino African-American Activists' Perceptions of Racism and Empowerment; K.Foster, Sr. Depressing the Vote: The Environmental Determinants of Turnout in African-American Precincts in the 2000 Presidential Election; E.B.McGowen

O autorze

TASHA PHILPOT Associate Professor in the Department of Government at University of Texas at Austin, USA.
 
ISMAIL WHITE Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University, USA.