Conservative but Not Republican: The Paradox of Party Identification and Ideology among African Americans

298 Pages·2017·4.75 MB·English

by  Tasha S. Philpot

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
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The Paradox of Party Identi cation and Ideology
among African Americans
TASHA S. PHILPOT
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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