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Book SynopsisThis book delves in to the truth about the American political system and the phenomenon of religious African American women voters, offering a new theory, racializing religiosity. This theory attempts to explain the increased progressive political action of religious African American women voters in United States presidential elections from 1964 through 2008. The author presents a historical, political, and empirical analysis of the experiences of African American women voters and their ability to overcome struggles to emerge as a powerful voting bloc.
Trade ReviewThis is the first major book-length study that I have seen in my career devoted specifically to African American female voters, despite the fact that since the rise and evolution of political behavioralism in Political Science in the sixties, which uncovered in numerous scholarly and academic articles and book chapters, African American women simply out-protested, out-participated, out-organized, out-mobilized, out-registered, and out-voted African American males. These political differences among African American females and males have long been a political reality that no one, Black or White, was willing to research and write about, except in articles and book chapters. But these differences were far richer than the literature on the topic has ever been able to address until now. In addition, the promise of such a topical study was greater than most have conceived of until this magisterial work of Professor Lisa Nikol Nealy's. . . .[O]ne cannot read this book with all of its creativity and innovations and vast arrays of new findings and not leave without understanding that the young scholar who produced this exceptional first book will surely continue to make major contributions to the discipline. One sees in this work a scholar with very big ideas, and the skills and talents to produce stunning books. This is a book that I would highly recommend to my colleagues and the discipline. * National Political Science Review *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 African American Women Voters: Problem Statement; Theoretical Framework and Scope of Study; Probable Significance; Definition of Concepts Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Two Kinds of Dichotomous Racial Religiosities Between African Americans and White Americans: The Institution of Slavery; Two Racial Religiosities; Racialize Religiosity, Black Social Movements, and Black Political Consciousne Chapter 3 Decoding the American Political System: Still Approaching Democracy; Decoding the American Political System; The Relationship between the Central Research Questions and the Major Theoretic Hypotheses Chapter 4 Research Methodology: Triangulation Method; Description of Major Variables; Operational Definition of Variables; Instrument Design; The Focus Group Interview Guide; Selection Criteria of Focus Group Participants; Population Site; Research Design; Procedur Chapter 5 Major Findings: Focus Group Instrument Development; Site Selection; Participant Recruitment; Pre-Test Group (Pilot); Demographics; The Focus Group Discussion; Secondary Findings From National Opinion Research Center-General Social Survey Cumulative Data F Chapter 6 Results: Response to Research Questions and Hypotheses Chapter 7 Conclusions
