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Concordance
Katherine Tate
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Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama
出版University of Michigan Press, 2020-08-24
主題Political Science / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / Legislative BranchSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / United States / 21st Century
ISBN04720383469780472038343
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=psb1DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋During the height of the civil rights movement, Blacks were among the most liberal Americans. Since the 1970s, however, increasing representation in national, state, and local government has brought about a more centrist outlook among Black political leaders.

Focusing on the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Katherine Tate studies the ways in which the nation’s most prominent group of Black legislators has developed politically. Organized in 1971, the CBC set out to increase the influence of Black legislators. Indeed, over the past four decades, they have made progress toward the goal of becoming recognized players within Congress. And yet, Tate argues, their incorporation is transforming their policy preferences. Since the Clinton Administration, CBC members—the majority of whom are Democrats—have been less willing to oppose openly congressional party leaders and both Republican and Democratic presidents. Tate documents this transformation with a statistical analysis of Black roll-call votes, using the important Poole-Rosenthal scores from 1977 to 2010. While growing partisanship has affected Congress as a whole, not just minority caucuses, Tate warns that incorporation may mute the independent voice of Black political leaders.