Civil rights policymaking in the United States : an institutional perspective /

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Author / Creator:Romero, Francine Sanders.
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Description:xiv, 149 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Civil rights -- United States -- Public opinion -- History.
Public opinion -- United States -- History.
Civil rights.
Civil rights -- Public opinion.
Public opinion.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4564539
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ISBN:0275974944 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Tables and Figure
  • Preface
  • 1. Determinants of Civil Rights Policy: The Role of Institutional Structure and Majority Opinion
  • 2. The Complexities of Public Opinion on Civil Rights Policies: Roots and Targets of Opposition
  • 3. Congress's Modern Civil Rights Record
  • 4. Legislative Action and the Majoritarian Link
  • 5. Addressing the Remaining Congressional Puzzles
  • 6. The Supreme Court's Modern Civil Rights Record
  • 7. Supreme Court Decision Making and the Missing Majoritarian Link
  • 8. Determinants of Civil Rights Policymaking: The Founders' Predictions and Beyond
  • Appendix I. Congressional Data
  • Appendix II. Supreme Court Data
  • Appendix III. Democratic Party Platforms, Selected Statements (1960-1996)
  • References
  • Index