Political Science 619: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (Spring 2014)

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1 Prof. Sophia J. Wallace 312 Hickman Hall (848) Political Science 619: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (Spring 2014) Class Meeting: Thursday 3:00-5:40pm Hickman 313 Office Hours: Thursday 11:00-Noon Or By appointment Course Overview: This course will examine critical questions and debates in race, ethnicity, and politics (REP). It utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the history of minorities in the U.S. and examine the interaction of minority politics with broader American politics. Students will read both canonical and contemporary works in the field of REP. The course begins with theoretical conceptions of race and ethnicity and how they inform notions of citizenship and group membership. Subsequent topics include electoral politics, segregation and discrimination, social movements, immigration and assimilation, campaigns and media, representation, redistricting and cooperation and competition within and among minority groups. Finally, selected contemporary policy issues will be discussed and evaluated. The goal is to familiarize students with both the theoretical underpinnings of REP as well as how theories in REP can be applied to other topics in American politics. Course Requirements: 1. Write a critical response memo 2. Write a peer review of an article 3. Regular participation in seminar 4. Attend class every week 5. Author Presenter Role twice in the semester 6. Assume Authors Defendant Role 7. Research Paper or Review Essay Critical Response Memo The memo should be 7-9 double spaced pages and should focus on 2-3 readings from the week. Memos are due by 6 pm on Wednesday night on the class website and should be circulated to the class by . All students in the class and the professor will be able to view the response papers. Memos should be analytical in nature rather than summarize the readings. Your goal is to develop an original argument (theoretical, empirical or methodological), which improves our understanding of the underlying issues of the week s topic. Memos cannot overlap with the weeks you present or assume the role of author s defendant. A sign-up will be circulated at the first class meeting. Peer Review This memo (2-3 pages single spaced) will be written as if you are a reviewer of the manuscript during the publication process. In the memo, students should assess the research question, research design, findings, implications, structure, and conclusions of the article. You may write the review of any paper/article on REP that is presented as a part of the Political Science Dept. Speaker Series or assigned on the syllabus. LaFleur Stephens (Asst. Professor, Princeton University) is presenting on March 12 th at 4pm as a part of the speaker series. Examples of memos will be circulated in advance. This review is due by April 24 th. 1

2 Participation This is a graduate seminar and your avid participation is vital to its success. Attendance and participation in the weekly seminar meeting is required. Students are expected to complete all assigned readings before class and come prepared to discuss the material. All students will be expected to contribute to the discussion at every class meeting. Quality of comments is valued over quantity. If students come to seminar unprepared the quality of discussion will be radically diminished. Students will be required to facilitate discussion and be the authors defendant at least once in the semester. There will be a sign-up at the start of the semester. Author Presenter Students will be asked to lead discussion by presenting core aspects of one assigned reading in a minute presentation using power point. Over the duration of the semester students will be required to present twice. It will simulate a conference style presentation and the presenter will present as if he/she is one of the authors of the work. Students in the class will then be able to ask questions about the work in a 10 minute discussion following the presentation. The presentation should include the following: a. What is the research question? b. What literature/work is this work contributing to? c. What is the theory and hypotheses? d. What is the methodological approach and research design? e. What are the findings? f. What is the central contribution of the work and implications? Authors Defendant As the authors defendant you must seek to defend the theory, method, and value of the readings for a given week. This role does not require any written work but rather is a type of participation. As is the case in many graduate seminars, critiques of work are plentiful, however there is little praise or defense of work. Your job is to defend the value and merit of the readings from unjust attacks in order to keep the discussion balanced. Research Paper/Review Essay The final assessment can be an original research paper on a topic of your choosing in REP, or review essay. A 2-page double spaced proposal elaborating your paper topic with research design or review essay topic is due on March 6 th. I strongly encourage first year graduate students to utilize the review essay option. Research papers must conduct original research. Review essays will assess the state of the discipline in a subfield of REP. More details regarding the assignment will be circulated during the semester. Final papers/ review essays are be due on May 8 th at 5pm. Students will be required to submit it on the course website as well as directly ed to the professor. Grade Breakdown: Critical Response Memo: 10% Peer Review Memo: 10% Author Presentations: 20% Authors defendant: 5% Participation: 25% Research Paper/Review Essay: 30% ** Please note that in order to receive a passing grade in this course, all assignments must be completed. Late assignments will not be accepted for credit. * 2

3 Grading Scale: % A B % B % C % C % D 59.9 and below F Plagiarism and Cheating In an effort to deter plagiarism and cheating, all students will be required to submit all written work to TurnItIn. This software program is designed to detect plagiarism, similarities in work submitted by students, and other forms of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and are treated as such by both the university and the professor. Be aware that the professor is apt to impose the most severe penalty allowed by university rules, which includes but is not limited to issuing an automatic grade of 0.0 for the course. If students have any questions about what constitutes plagiarism, or other matters of academic integrity, the following link may be helpful Section II specifically discusses the definitions of cheating and plagiarism. If you are having trouble assimilating outside information into your own ideas or have any other questions concerning academic writing, see the Rutgers Learning Center ( or come to my office hours. Collaborative work: Please note that unless specifically granted by the professor or directly indicated on the assignment sheet otherwise, students should only complete assignments individually. Memos and papers are NOT to be completed in a collaborative effort with other students. Additional warnings and directions concerning these points will be further elaborated on specific course assignment handouts. Course Materials: I strongly recommend that you purchase all of the required books in this course to build your library. Books can be purchased online from sites such Amazon where used options are available. The books will NOT be available for purchase at a campus bookstore. Books with large selections on the syllabus are listed as required for purchase. Assigned shorter book selections and articles will be posted on the class website. Please note the reading schedule and reading selections are subject to change if the professor deems it necessary. Books Required for Purchase Gillion, Daniel The Power of Protest. New York: Cambridge University Press Omi, Michael and Howard Winant Racial Formation in the United States. Routledge, NY Carens, Joseph The Ethics of Immigration. Oxford: Oxford University Press 3

4 Readings and Seminar Schedule Week 1 (January 23 rd ): First Class/Overview of Class de la Garza, Rodolfo O Latino Politics. Annual Review of Political Science 7: Fraga, Luis R., John A. Garcia, Rodney Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Gary M. Segura Su Casa es Nuestra Casa: Latino Politics Research and the Development of American Political Science American Political Science Review. 100(4): Hutchings, Vincent and Nicholas Valentino The Centrality of Race in American Politics. Annual Review of Political Science 7: Wright, Lawrence One Drop of Blood The New Yorker, July 25, 4 v. 70 n.. 22 Week 2 (January 30 th ): Conceptualizing Race Hirschman, Charles, Richard Alba, and Reynolds Farley The Meaning and Measurement of Race in the U.S. Census: Glimpses into the Future. Demography 37:3: Lipsitz, George The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: Racialized Social Democracy and the White Problem in American Studies. American Quarterly 47:3: Prewitt, Kenneth Immigrants and the Changing Categories of Race. In Taeku Lee, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez, eds. Transforming Politics, Transforming America (pp ) Omi, Michael and Howard Winant Racial Formation in the United States. Routledge, NY p Week 3 (February 6 th ): Identity & Group Membership Dawson, Michael C Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Chs. 3 &4 Lien, Pei-te, M. Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans. New York: Routledge. Chapter 2 Masuoka, Natalie, and Jane Junn The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration. University of Chicago Press. Ch 4. Waters, Mary Ethnic and Racial Identities of Second-Generation Black Immigrants in New York City. International Migration Review 28:4:(Special Issue): Week 4 (February 13 th ): Citizenship Bloemraad, Irene Becoming a Citizen. Berkeley: University of California Press Chapter 4 Spiro, Peter Beyond Citizenship. Oxford; Oxford University Press Chs 3 and 5 Carens, Joseph The Ethics of Immigration. Oxford: Oxford University Press Chs 2,3,4, and 8 Week 5 (February 20 th ): Competition & Coalitions 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: Gay, Claudine Seeing Difference, American Journal of Political Science,4: McClain, Paula et al Racial Distancing in a Southern City: Latino Immigrant Views of Black Americans Journal of Politics 68: Kim, Claire Jean Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Chs 1 and 2 Sanchez, Gabriel Latino Group Consciousness and Perceptions of Commonality with African-Americans. Social Science Quarterly. 89(2):

5 Week 6 (February 27 th ): Representation Butler, Daniel and David E. Broockman Do Politicians Racially Discriminate Against Constituents? A Field Experiment on State Legislators. American Journal of Political Science. 55(3): Gay, Claudine Spirals of Trust? The Effect of Descriptive Representation on the Relationship Between Citizens and Their Government American Journal of Political Science. 46(4): Mansbridge, Jane Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent Yes. Journal of Politics 61: Tate, Katherine The political representation of blacks in Congress: Does race matter? Legislative Studies Quarterly, 26: Hawkesworth, Mary Congressional Enactments of Race-Gender: Toward a Theory of Raced-Gendered Institutions. American Political Science Review. 97(4): Week 7(March 6 th ): Voting Rights & Redistricting * Research Paper/Review Essay Proposal Due* Barreto, Matt, Gary Segura, and Nathan Woods The Mobilizing Effect of Majority-Minority Districts on Latino Turnout. American Political Science Review. 98: Canon, David Race, Redistricting and Representation. University of Chicago Press, Chapter 3 Davidson, Chandler The Voting Rights Act: A Brief History. In Bernard Grofman and Chandler Davidson, eds. Controversies in Minority Voting: The Voting Rights Act in Perspective Grose, Christian Congress in Black and White. New York: Cambridge University Press Chs. 3 & 7 Week 8 (March 13 th ): Racial Attitudes Banks, Antoine and Nicholas Valentino Emotional Substrates of White Racial Attitudes." American Journal of Political Science 56: Gilens, Martin Why Americans Hate Welfare. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Ch. 5 Kinder, Donald and Tali Mendelberg Cracks in American apartheid: The political impact of prejudice among desegregated whites Journal of Politics Kinder, Donald Kinder and David Sears Prejudice and Politics: Symbolic Racism versus racial threats to the good life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 40(3): * No Class March 20 th Spring Break ** Week 9 (March 27 th ):Campaigns, Elections, & Media Abrajano, Marisa Campaigning to the New American Electorate: Television Advertising to Latinos. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press Chapters 3 & 7 Kinder, Donald and Lynn Sanders Divided By Color Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press Chapters 7 & 8 Mendelberg, Tali The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages and the Norm of Equality. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Chapters 4 &5 Gonzalez Juenke, Eric. Forthcoming. Ignorance is Bias: The Effect of Latino Losers on Models of Latino Representation. American Journal of Political Science. 5

6 Week 10 (April 3 rd ): Political Participation Bobo, Lawrence, and Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr Race, Sociopolitical Participation, and Black Empowerment. American Political Science Review 84: García Bedolla, Lisa and Melissa Michelson Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns. New Haven: Yale University Press. Chs. 1 & 4 Jones-Correa, Michael. Between Two Nations: The Political Predicament of Latinos in New York City. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, Ch. 7 Lien, Pei-te, M. Margaret Conway, and Janelle Wong The Politics of Asian Americans. New York: Routledge. Chapter 5 Wong, Janelle Democracy s Promise: Immigrants and America s Civic Institutions. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Chapter 4 Week 11 (April 10 th ): Social Movements Francis, Megan Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern State. New York: Cambridge University Press. Ch 5 Gillion, Daniel The Power of Protest. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chs. 1,3, 4, 5 Wallace, Sophia J., Chris Zepeda- Millán and Michael Jones-Correa Spatial and Temporal Proximity: Examining the Effects of Protests on Political Attitudes. American Journal of Political Science. Published Online Sept *No Class (April 17 th ) * Week 12 (April 24 th ): Immigration ** Peer Review Assignment Due** Huntington, Samuel P Who Are We?: The Challenges to America s National Identity. Chapter 8 Cornelius, Wayne Controlling Unwanted Immigration Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, , Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages Chavez, Leo The Latino Threat. Stanford University Press. Chapters 1 & 6 Greer, Christina Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Oxford University Press. Ch. 4 Hopkins, Daniel J Politicized Places: Explaining Where and When Immigrants Provoke Local Opposition. American Political Science Review. 104(1): Week 13 (May 1 st ): Criminal Justice Alexander, Michelle The New Jim Crow. New York: New Press. Chs. TBD Lerman, Amy The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment, and Social Community. New York: Cambridge University Press. Ch 4. Burch, Tracy Effects of Imprisonment and Community Supervision on Neighborhood Political Participation in North Carolina. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 651: Weaver, Vesla Frontlash: Race and the Development of Punitive Crime Policy. Studies in American Political Development. 21(2): FINAL PAPER or REVIEW ESSAY due May 8 th at 5pm. 6