The brave new world : the social and participatory behaviors of the modern suburban African American
| dc.contributor.advisor | Philpot, Tasha S. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Shaw, Daron R | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Roberts, Brian E | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Luskin, Robert C | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | White, Ismail K | en |
| dc.creator | McGowen, Ernest Boyd, III | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-05T16:22:18Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-08 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2011 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2013-04-05T16:22:19Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Have steady increases in socioeconomic status (SES) and occupational prestige along with changes in residential context and subsequently social networks necessitated a shift in our understanding of Black political participation and group identity? Specifically, how does the unique political environment facing African-American residents in majority Anglo suburbs attach unique utilities to participation, different from their neighbors or even their own co-ethnics that reside in the central city? I argue that African Americans in majority Anglo areas who expend political resources in the most proximate races will derive a negligible benefit. Further, these citizens’ most proximate residential and social network contexts heighten feelings of minority status. Consequently, I contend this class of Black voters are pushed away from the traditional forms of participation (i.e. voting for the congressman or local school board representative) and towards non-traditional, and more resource costly, forms of group directed participation which also come at much higher utilities. | en |
| dc.description.department | Government | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/19837 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.subject | Suburban | en |
| dc.subject | Voting | en |
| dc.subject | Participation | en |
| dc.subject | African American | en |
| dc.subject | Black | en |
| dc.subject | Social networks | en |
| dc.title | The brave new world : the social and participatory behaviors of the modern suburban African American | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Government | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Government | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | The University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |