Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama /
Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama /
edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- The Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- John D. Skrentny -- Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Mary Frances Berry -- Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Robert C. Smith -- Charles L. Zelden -- Steven F. Lawson -- Ronald W. Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Thomas Borstelmann.
Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination.
9780813048604 9780813046976
Conservatism--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Racism--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Presidents--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .W566 2013
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- John D. Skrentny -- Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Mary Frances Berry -- Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Robert C. Smith -- Charles L. Zelden -- Steven F. Lawson -- Ronald W. Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Thomas Borstelmann.
Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination.
9780813048604 9780813046976
Conservatism--United States.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Racism--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Presidents--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Electronic Books.
E185 / .W566 2013