Who's invited to the (political) party: race and party politics in the USA

From the political behemoths of the Democratic and Republican Parties, to the Civil Rights Era racially progressive Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and reactionary American Independent Party, to the contemporary third party Green and Libertarian Parties, party politics in the USA has a long and...

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Published in:Ethnic and racial studies 2016-02, Vol.39 (3), p.325-332
Main Authors: Rosino, Michael L., Hughey, Matthew W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American politics
discourse
Political parties
Political power
Race
Race and ethnicity
racial politics
Sociology
third parties
United States
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Summary:From the political behemoths of the Democratic and Republican Parties, to the Civil Rights Era racially progressive Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and reactionary American Independent Party, to the contemporary third party Green and Libertarian Parties, party politics in the USA has a long and storied relationship to the reproduction and contestation of racial domination. Recent works illuminate the strategic use of racial discourse by major party political elites, their deployment of racialized political platforms, and the relationship of these phenomena to power dynamics and racial interests but have yet to fully move beyond the two-party system and engage with innovations in political and cultural sociology. We outline openings for an empirically-grounded sociology of political parties that would reveal the micro- and meso-level features of racialized party politics and the operations of discursive and performative power within both major and minor political parties.
ISSN:0141-9870
1466-4356
DOI:10.1080/01419870.2016.1096413