Black Politics and Black Political Behavior: A Linkage Analysis

Abstract

Illustrations Foreword: The African-American Church and Political Behavior by Roosevelt Green, Jr. Preface Prologue: Michael Dooley by Frank D. Williams Introduction: Black Politics During the Era of Presidents Reagan and Bush by Kenneth A. Jordan and Modibo M. Kadalie The Theoretical Linkages The Nature of Black Politics and Black Political Behavior by Hanes Walton, Jr. The Study of Black Politics: Notes on Rethinking the Paradigm by Rickey Hill Black Southern Politics: The Influences of Bunche, Martin, and Key by Hanes Walton, Jr. The National Linkages Black Political Parties and Congress: The Role of the Congressional Record by Hanes Walton, Jr. The Jesse Jackson Campaign and the Institutionalization of Grass-Roots Politics: A Comparative Perspective by Leslie B. McLemore and Mary D. Coleman Black Rural Medicine: Dr. Elijah Washington and a Black Health Policy by Hanes Walton, Jr. The State-Contextual Linkages The Black Elected Elites in Mississippi: The Post-Civil Rights Apportionment Era by Mary D. Coleman Black Politics in Tidewater, Virginia by Elsie M. Barnes and Ronald E. Proctor Symbolic Politics: Mel King--The Mayoral Candidate in Boston by Toni-Michelle C. Travis Black Voting Behavior in the Segregation Era: 1944-1964 by Hanes Walton, Jr. The Procedural Linkages The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and the Office of the Governor: 1975-1985 by Robert A. Holmes State Legislative Black Caucus Influence on Legislative Policy Agendas: Continuities and Variations in North Carolina by Cheryl M. Miller The Political Use of Absentee Ballots in a Rural Black-Belt County: Dr. Merolyn Stewart-Gaulden's Election Campaign for Taliaferro County School Superintendent Position by Hanes Walton, Jr. Black Political Recall and Black Politics: A Case Study by Marion Orr The Gender Linkages Black Women in Politics: A Research Note by Shiela F. Harmon-Martin The Political Behavior of Black Women: Contextual, Structural, and Psychological Factors by Saundra C. Ardrey The First Black Female Gubernatorial Candidate in Georgia: State Representative Mildred Glover by Hanes Walton, Jr. and Johnny Campbell, Jr. Black Female Presidential Candidates: Bass, Mitchell, Chisholm, Wright, Reid, Davis, and Fulani by Hanes Walton, Jr. An Enduring Linkage Black Southern Politics: A Look at the Tradition and the Future by Hanes Walton, Jr. and Daniel Brantley Endnotes Bibliography Index