Wayne State University Press Main PageWSU Press Main Page Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Main PageWayne State University Main Page
Africana StudiesAfricana Studies
Art and Art History
Classical StudiesFilm and Television Studies
Great Lakes Books Series / Regional InterestJournalsJewish Studies
Labor Studies and Urban Studies
Literature, Literary Theory, German Literary and Cultural Studies, Humor StudiesSpeech & Language Pathology

About WSU PressContact WSU Press
Frequently Asked Questions
 Book Information About the book Reviews
White Nationalism, Black Interests
Conservative Public Policy and the Black Community

Ronald W. Walters A study of the most racially conscious aspect of the Conservative movement and its impact on politics and current public policy 		In this significant new study, the distinguished political scientist Ronald W. Walters argues that the Conservative movement has had an inordinate impact on American governing institutions over the last two decades and that a strong, though very often unstated, racial hostility drives the public policies put forth by Conservative politicians.
Walters traces the emergence of what he calls a new White Nationalism, showing how it fuels the Conservative movement, invades the public discourse, and generates policies that protect the interests of white voters at the expense of blacks and other nonwhites. Using historical and contemporary examples of White Nationalist policy, as well as empirical public opinion data, Walters demonstrates the degree to which this ideology exists among white voters and the negative impact of its policies on the black community.
Walters's analysis of contemporary racial politics is uniquely valuable to scholars and lay readers alike and is sure to spark further public debate.		 "With courage and skill Walters identifies and analyzes the resurgence of conservatism in America for what it is— the coming to power of a radical white ethnic nationalist movement that seeks to maintain the existing racial hierarchy in the midst of widespread demographic, economic, social and cultural changes."
—Robert C. Smith, author of The Encyclopedia of African American Politics

Ronald William Walters is Distinguished Leadership Scholar in the Academy of Leadership, director of the African American Leadership Institute, and professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland College Park.
 
African American Life Series

$52.95s cloth / ISBN 0-8143-3019-3
$27.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-3020-7
Order Book
360 pages / 6 x 9

2003

contents >

introduction [partial] >

extract >

index >