Behind the Mule:
Race and Class in African-American Politics
Michael C. Dawson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Behind the Mule: The Historical Roots of African-American Group Interests	1
1	The Changing Class Structure of Black America and the Political Behavior of African Americans	3
2	Race, Class, and African-American Economic Polarization	15
3	The Politicization of African-American Racial Group Interests	45
Pt. 2	African-American Political Behavior and Public Opinion	69
4	Models of African-American Racial and Economic Group Interests	71
5	African-American Partisanship and the American Party System	96
6	African-American Political Choice	130
7	Racial Group Interests, African-American Presidential Approval, and Macroeconomic Policy	161
8	Group Interests, Class Divisions, and African-American Policy Preferences	181
9	Epilogue: Racial Group Interests, Class, and the Future of African-American Politics	204
	Bibliography	213
	Index	227

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