Description: Preface and Acknowledgments List of Contributors One: Race in American Politics: Framing the Debates David O. Sears, John J. Hetts, Jim Sidanius, and Lawrence Bobo Two: Individualism Reconsidered: Principles and Prejudice in Contemporary American Opinion Donald R. Kinder and Tali Mendelberg Three: Egalitarian Values and Contemporary Racial Politics David O. Sears, P. J. Henry, and Rick Kosterman Four: The Significance of Racial Context Marylee C. Taylor Five: Race and Beliefs about Affirmative Action: Assessing the Effects of Interests, Group Threat, Ideology, and Racism Lawrence Bobo Six: How Beliefs about Poverty Influence Racial Policy Attitudes: A Study of Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians in the United States Michael Hughes and Steven A. Tuch Seven: It's Not Affirmative Action, It's the Blacks: The Continuing Relevance of Race in American Politics Jim Sidanius, Pam Singh, John J. Hetts, and Chris Federico Eight: The Politics of Race Paul M. Sniderman, Gretchen C. Crosby, and William G. Howell Nine: Systematizing the Predictors of Prejudice Thomas F. Pettigrew Ten: The Perils of Correlation, the Lure of Labels, and the Beauty of Negative Results Howard Schuman Eleven: Lumpers and Splitters, Individuals and Structures: Comments on Racialized Politics Jennifer L. Hochschild Twelve: Slowly Coming to Grips with the Effects of the American Racial Order on American Policy Preferences Michael C. Dawson Notes References Index

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