Race and Ethnicity in American Politics

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1 Race and Ethnicity in American Politics Government 381L Unique Number The University of Texas at Austin Spring 2011 Professor Jason P. Casellas, Ph.D. Office Location: Batts M 12:30-3:15 p.m. Phone Number: (512) Room: Batts casellas@mail.utexas.edu Office Hours: W 10:00-11:30, 2:00-3:30 Description Course Expectations and Requirements As with every graduate seminar, this course should help you to prepare for your preliminary exams, to consider research and dissertation topics, and to teach in the subfield of American politics. More specifically, this seminar will be somewhat of a minilaboratory in which we will not only discuss and debate old and new ideas/paradigms, but consider how assigned studies inform your own research agendas. I will determine the course grade based upon: (1) Weekly Questions/Class Participation (2) Two Critical Papers; and (3) a Research Paper with oral defense. Final Grades will be on an A-F scale, with pluses and minuses. Grades will be on a 100 point scale. Each week, students will post at least one question (preferably several) for each set of readings on blackboard the evening before class. This assignment does not apply if you are leading discussion for that day. By Class Participation, I of course expect you to attend class, to have read and thought about all of the week s assigned readings, and to actively participate in class discussions. Participation/weekly questions are worth 25% of your final grade. Each Critical Paper must be about 5 pages long (double-spaced). Write it as though you are a critic presenting a rejoinder to an author or authors for the week. I recommend you explicitly pose a question or set of questions to help frame your essay. Unless stipulated otherwise, these papers are always due by 5 PM the day before the class meets. The papers are to be posted on the discussion board in Blackboard. Be ready to briefly summarize your paper at the beginning of class. The critical papers are worth 30% of your final grade. You will be expected to choose two weeks during the semester which most interest you

2 and write a paper for each week. On those two days, you will be expected to lead classroom discussion and critically engage your arguments with the rest of the class. Lastly, the Research Paper must be submitted to me before the end of the semester. The paper should be pages double-spaced. The papers can be one of three types: a) a critical, exhaustive literature review, b) a research proposal, or c) an original research paper. Students should meet with me early in the semester to discuss their topics and what I want to see in these papers. The research paper, worth 35%, will be due at the end of the semester. A minute presentation based on your research, much in the same format as a conference presentation, will be required on the last day of class. This presentation is worth 10% of the final grade. Generally, each class session will proceed with me making a few introductory remarks to frame the discussion (about ten to fifteen minutes), consideration of weekly questions, then discussion largely led by the student responsible for that day. Required Books Kaufmann, Karen M The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Lien, Pei-te, Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community. New York: Routledge. McDaniel, Eric L Politics in the Pews. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Philpot, Tasha S Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Kinder, Donald and Lynn Sanders Divided by Color. Racial Politics and Democratic Ideals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Frymer, Paul Uneasy Alliances. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Outline of Course Topics and Readings Date January 24 Topic Introductions and Overview Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States (1994), Claire Jean Kim, The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans, Politics and Society (1999).

3 January 31 Race/Ethnicity in Social Science Dawson, Michael C., and Ernest III Wilson "Paradigms and Paradoxes: Political Science and African American Politics"." In Political Science: Looking to the Future, edited by W. Crotty. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. Jones, Mack H., and Alex Willingham "The White Custodians of the Black Experience." Social Science Quarterly: Hutchings, Vincent L., and Nicholas A. Valentino "The Centrality of Race in American Politics." Annual Review of Political Science de la Garza, Rodolfo O "Latino Politics." Annual Review of Political Science 7: Fraga, Luis Ricardo, John A. Garcia, Rodney E. Hero, Michael Jones- Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Gary M. Segura "Su Casa Es Nuestra Casa: Latino Politics Research and the Development of American Political Science." American Political Science Review 100 (4): Jones, Mack H "Political Science and the Black Political Experience: Issues in Epistemology and Relevance." National Political Science Review: February 7 The Creation of Race and Group Identification Smedley, Audrey Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview. Second ed. Boulder, CO: Westview. Chapters One, Two, and Four Marx, Anthony Race-Making and the Nation-State. World Politics 48: Haney-Lopez, Ian White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race. New York: New York University Press. Chapters Three and Five Waters, Mary C Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Chapters Two and Three Dawson, Michael C Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African American Politics. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapters Three and Four Lien, Pei-te, Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community. New York: Routledge. Chapter 2

4 Sanchez, Gabriel R "The Role of Group Consciousness in Latino Public Opinion." Political Research Quarterly 59 (9): White, Ismail K When Race Matters and When It Doesn't: Racial Group Differences in Response to Racial Cues. American Political Science Review 101 (2): February 14 American Citizenship Smith, Rogers M. 1993, Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America, American Political Science Review Devos, Thierry, and Mahzarin R. Banaji "American=White?" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 88 (3): Huntington, Samuel P Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity. New York: Simon and Schuster. Chapters One, Eight, and Nine Fraga, L. R. and G. M. Segura Culture Clash? Contesting Notions of American Identity and Effects of Latin American Immigration. Perspectives on Politics. 4(2): Joppke, Christian How Immigration is Changing Citizenship: A Comparative View. Ethnic and Racial Studies 22 (4): Takaki, Ronald Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. New York: Penguin Books. Chapters One and Twelve Schildkraut, Deborah J "Defining American Identity in the Twenty- First Century: How Much "There" is There?" The Journal of Politics 69 (3): February 21 Racism and Discrimination Ture, Kwame, and Charles V. Hamilton Black Power: The Politics of Liberation. New York: Random House. Chapter One Gilens, Martin "Racial Attitudes and Opposition to Welfare." The Journal of Politics 57 (4): Gilens, Martin ""Race Coding" and White Opposition to Welfare." The American Political Science Review 90 (3): Harris-Perry, Melissa V "The Heart of the Politics of Race:

5 Centering Black People in the Study of White Racial Attitudes." Journal of Black Studies 34 (2): February 28 Opinion Kinder and Sanders. Divided by Color. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Lien, Pei-te, Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community. New York: Routledge. Chapter Three Leal, David Latino Public Opinion: Does It Exist? In Rodolfo Espino, David Leal, and Kenneth J. Meier (eds.), Latino Politics: Identity, Participation, and Mobilization. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. March 7 Social Movements Morris, Aldon D The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for Change. New York: Free Press. Chapters One, Two and Eleven Gomez-Quinones, Juan. Chicano Politics: Reality and Promise, Liberalism and the Chicano Movement (selections) Lien, Pei-te The Making of Asian Americans Through Political Participation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Chapters One and Two Harris, Fredrick C., Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, and Brian D. McKenzie Countervailing Forces in African American Civic Activism Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapters One, Two, and Five March 21 Participation McDaniel, Eric Politics in the Pews. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Lien, Pei-te, Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community. New York: Routledge. Chapter Five Stokes, Atiya Kia "Latino Group Consciousness and Political Participation." American Politics Research 31 (7):

6 Barreto, Matt A., Gary M. Segura, and Nathan D. Woods "The Mobilizing Effect of Majority-Minority Districts on Latino Turnout." American Political Science Review 98 (1): Jones-Correa, Michael A., and David L. Leal "Political Participation: Does Religion Matter?" Political Research Quarterly 54 (4): March 28 Race, Ethnicity, and Parties Philpot, Tasha S Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Fraga, Luis Ricardo, and David L. Leal "Playing the "Latino Card": Race, Ethnicity, and National Party Politics." Du Bois Review 1 (2): Lien, Pei-te, Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community. New York: Routledge. Chapter Four Alvarez, R. Michael, and Lisa Garcia Bedolla "The Foundations of Latino Voter Partisanship: Evidence from the 2000 Election." The Journal of Politics 65 (1): April 4 Race, Ethnicity, and Elections McConnaughy, Corrine, Ismail White, David Leal, and Jason Casellas A Latino on the Ballot. The Journal of Politics Mendelberg, Tali The Race Card. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Chapters One, Six, and Eight Terkildsen, Nayda When White Voters Evaluate Black Candidates: The Processing Implications of Candidate Skin Color, Prejudice and Self- Monitoring. American Journal of Political Science 37 (4): Cho, Wendy Tam "Asian - A Monolithic Voting Bloc?" Political Behavior 17: Barreto, Matt A "Si Se Puede! Latino Candidates and the Mobilization of Latino Voters." American Political Science Review 101 (3): Hajnal, Zoltan, and Jessica Trounstine Where Turnout Matters: The Consequences of Uneven Turnout in City Politics. The Journal of Politics 67 (2):

7 April 11 Districts Voting Rights Act, Redistricting, and Majority Minority *Lien, Pinderhughes, et al, The Voting Rights Act and the Election of Nonwhite Officials. Political Science and Politics *Issacharoff S Is Section 5 of the VRA a Victim of Its Own Success? Columbia Law Review 104(6): *Charles Cameron, David Epstein, Sharyn O'Halloran. Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress? The American Political Science Review, Vol. 90, No. 4. (Dec., 1996), pp *David Lublin, Racial Redistricting and African-American Representation: A Critique of Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress? American Political Science Review (March 1999). *Overby, L. Marvin and Kenneth M. Cosgrove Unintended Consequences? Racial Redistricting and the Representation of Minority Interests. The Journal of Politics 58: April 18 Descriptive and Substantive Representation Mansbridge, Jane Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent Yes. Journal of Politics, 1999, p Tate, Katherine Black Faces in the Mirror: African Americans and their Representatives in the U.S. Congress. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Chapter Six Swain, Carol M Black Faces, Black Interests. Chapters 1 and 10. Canon, David Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black-Majority Districts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapters One and Four. Casellas, Jason Latino Representation in State Houses and Congress. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapters One and Seven. April 25 Group Conflict and Cooperation Ture, Kwame, and Charles V. Hamilton Black Power: The Politics of Liberation. New York: Random House. Chapter Three

8 Kaufmann, Karen M The Urban Voter: Group Conflict and Mayoral Voting Behavior in American Cities. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. McClain, Paula D., Niambi M. Carter, Victoria M. DeFranceso Soto, Monique L. Lyle, Jeffrey D. Grynaviski, Shayla C. Nunally, J. Alan Kendrick, Gerald F. Lackey, and Kendra Davenport Cotton Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrants Views of Black Americans. The Journal of Politics 68 (3): Bobo, Lawrence, and Vincent L. Hutchings Perceptions of Racial Group Competition: Extending Blumer's Theory of Group Position to a Multiracial Social Context. American Sociological Review 61 (6): Kim, Claire Jean Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Chapters One, Two, and Four Casellas, Jason Coalitions in the House? The Election of Minorities to State Legislatures. Political Research Quarterly. May 2 Institutional Development Frymer, Paul Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America. Research Papers Due, Oral presentations