Reform’s Mating Dance: Presidents, Social Movements, and Racial Realignments

Reform’s Mating Dance: Presidents, Social Movements, and Racial Realignments

Both presidents and social movements have played leading roles in the development of major legal and policy innovations that recast race relations in the United States. More precisely, the uneasy partnership of these two forces has served as an important catalyst for advancing civil rights reform in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of policy history 2011-10, Vol.23 (4), p.451-490
Hauptverfasser: Milkis, Sidney M., Tichenor, Daniel J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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American history
Civil rights
Politics
Presidents
Race relations
Social change
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Zusammenfassung:Both presidents and social movements have played leading roles in the development of major legal and policy innovations that recast race relations in the United States. More precisely, the uneasy partnership of these two forces has served as an important catalyst for advancing civil rights reform in key periods of American political development.
ISSN:0898-0306
1528-4190
DOI:10.1017/S0898030611000261