What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and

In political opinion surveys from the 1950s through the 1970s, African Americans were consistently among the most liberal groups in the United States and were much further to the left than White Americans on most issues. Starting in the 1980s. Black public opinion began to move to the center, and this trend has deepened since. Why is this case?

Katherine Tate is a professor of political science and African American studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Black Faces in the Mirror and From Protest to Politics.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
What's Going On? The State of Public Opinion in Black America	p. 1
Welfare Reform and Shifts in Black Opinion on Welfare Policies	p. 14
Shifts in Black Support for Government Aid to Blacks and Minorities	p. 40
Black Opinion on Crime Control Policies	p. 63
Education Policies, School Vouchers, and Busing in Black America	p. 77
Social Issues and Rights for Women and for Gays and Lesbians in Black America	p. 96
Black Opinion on Immigration and the Environment	p. 113
Blacks on U.S. Foreign Policy	p. 129
Black Political Incorporation and Public Opinion	p. 150
Appendix: List of Public Opinion Data Sets	p. 169
References	p. 173
Index	p. 179
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What's Going On?: Political Incorporation and the Transformation of Black Public Opinion

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