What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion

by Katherine Tate

In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s, Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this the case?

Katherine Tate contends that Black political incorporation and increased affluence since the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589017021
• ISBN13: 9781589017023
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher