Dangerous Frames: How Ideas about Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion

by Nicholas J.G. Winter

Book Overview

In addition to their obvious roles in American politics, race and gender also work in hidden ways to profoundly influence the way we think--and vote--about a vast array of issues that don't seem related to either category. As Nicholas Winter reveals in Dangerous Frames, politicians and leaders often frame these seemingly unrelated issues in ways that prime audiences to respond not to the policy at hand but instead to the way its presentation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226902366
• ISBN13: 9780226902364
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages