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Conservative but Not Republican Conservative but Not Republican provides a clear and comprehensive framework for understanding the formation and structure of ideo- logical self-identification and its relationship to party identification in the United States. This book bridges the literature from a number of differentresearchareastopaintadetailedportraitofAfrican-American ideologicalself-identification.Italsoprovidesinsightintoacontempor- aryelectoralpuzzlefacingpartystrategists,whileaddressinggapsinthe currentliteratureonpublicopinionandvotingbehavior. TashaS.PhilpotisAssociateProfessorofGovernmentattheUniversity ofTexasatAustin.ShespecializesinAmericanPolitics,withaparticu- larinterestinAfrican-AmericanPolitics,PoliticalPsychology,andPol- itical Behavior. Her book Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln (2007) received the 2008 WEB DuBois Outstanding Book Award, and her work has been published in journals including TheAmericanJournalofPoliticalScience,JournalofBlackStudies,PS: PoliticalScienceandPolitics,andPoliticalBehavior. Conservative but Not Republican fi The Paradox of Party Identi cation and Ideology among African Americans TASHA S. PHILPOT UniversityofTexasatAustin UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107164383 10.1017/9781316687185 ©TashaS.Philpot2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData names:Philpot,TashaS.,author. title:ConservativebutnotRepublican:theparadoxofpartyidentification andideologyamongAfricanAmericans/TashaS.Philpot. description:NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2016.| Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. identifiers:lccn2016040380|isbn9781107164383(hardback:alk.paper) subjects:lcsh:AfricanAmericans–Politicalactivity–UnitedStates.| AfricanAmericans–Politicsandgovernment.|Identitypolitics–UnitedStates.| DemocraticParty(U.S.)–Membership.|RepublicanParty(U.S.:1854-)–Membership. classification:lcce185.615.p472016|ddc324.2734089/96073–dc23LCrecord availableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2016040380 ISBN978-1-107-16438-3Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. To Hanes Walton, Jr. Contents List of Figures pageix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 part i 1 PeelingBack the Layers: The Multidimensionality of theLiberal–ConservativeContinuum 21 2 From Whence We Came: The Historical Basis of Black IdeologicalSelf-Identification 54 3 MultiplePaths to theSame Place: The Underpinnings of IdeologicalSelf-Identification 94 part ii 4 The TieThat Binds: The History and Nature of Black Group Consciousness 129 5 The Invisible Link:Group Consciousness asa Moderator of IdeologicalSelf-Identification 154 vii viii Contents 6 Filling intheBlanks:Group Consciousnessand Ideology beyond Partisanship 184 7 African Americans,Ideology, and Consequences for theTwo-Party System 204 Appendix 225 Bibliography 259 Index 279

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Conservative but Not Republican provides a clear and comprehensive framework for understanding the formation and structure of ideological self-identification and its relationship to party identification in the United States. Exploring why the increase in Black conservatives has not met with a corres
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