Race Rules
Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006- Authors:
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- Publisher:
- 2007
Summary
Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006 examines one of the innumerable ramifications of Hurricane Katrina: a reversal in the decades-long process of racial transition, from white dominant to black dominant. The electoral consequences of such a racial change - in a city where race has historically played a pronounced social, economic, and political role - are potentially dramatic. In light of the 2006 New Orleans mayoral election, the following emerges as a significant question: Does a change in the population's racial composition mean a reversal in the political status of African Americans in New Orleans? To address this question, Liu and Vanderleeuw investigate racial voting patterns in New Orleans' municipal elections over a forty year span from 1965 to 2006.Race Rules argues that as an enduring influence in urban politics race manifests as either electoral conflict or electoral accommodation, but not as acceptance of the political empowerment of 'other race' members.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2007
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-1968-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-5986-6
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 165
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Tables No access
- List of Figures No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- 1 Hurricane Katrina, Racial Change, and Electoral Politics in New Orleans: An Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
- 2 Theories of Racial Politics in Urban America No access Pages 17 - 36
- 3 Racial Conflict and Accommodation in Electoral Politics No access Pages 37 - 50
- 4 Black Mayors in New Orleans No access Pages 51 - 78
- 5 Racial Conflict in the Electoral Arena No access Pages 79 - 98
- 6 Race and Strategic Voting No access Pages 99 - 120
- 7 Race, Katrina, and New Orleans' Electoral Politics: Conclusion No access Pages 121 - 136
- Appendix The Ecological Inference Problem and Ecological Inference Methods; Survey Data and Question Wording No access Pages 137 - 142
- Bibliography No access Pages 143 - 156
- Index No access Pages 157 - 164
- About the Authors No access Pages 165 - 165





