Civil Rights Roll-Call Voting in the House of Representatives, 1957-1991: A Systematic Analysis

Sanders, Francine

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“…The models also yield coefficients that are comparable in explanatory power to statistical analyses of other legislative issues considered during other periods by Congress. For examples drawing on a range of statistical techniques, see Bartels (2005), Clinton (2006), Khan (2005), Nelson (2002), and Sanders (1997). 5.…”

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Tackling unemployment: the legislative dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

2013

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Growing up in the Upper Ohio Valley, where the local economy had until recent decades depended on mining and steel, provided me with a rough education in the vagaries of employment. The boom time of the 1950s and 1960s gave way to decades when, for many, unemployment always lurked around the corner. The book is dedicated to my parents, Charles Terry Wasem and Jessie McCullough Wasem, who lived most of their lives in eastern Ohio. I would further acknowledge my brother, Terry Denton Wasem, and my lifelong friend Jackie Hawk Dunlap, both of whom live in eastern Ohio today, for their moral support as I was writing this book. The kernel of this book was a dissertation begun during the recession of 1982, the last time U.S. unemployment had reached 10 percent before it briefly topped out at that number in November 2009. The Institute for Social Research's Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan funded much of my graduate studies and enabled me to work with many outstanding researchers. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum also provided research funding, and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies gave tuition support. Considerable credit is due to my dissertation chair, Jerome M. Clubb, and committee members Maris A. Vinovskis, John E. Jackson, and Terrence J. McDonald for holding me to high academic standards while providing the encouragement necessary to complete the dissertation in 1989. Fast-forward two decades to 2009, when the nation was in the midst of the Great Recession. Joyce Vialet and her husband, John Vialet, became the catalysts for this book. Joyce had been my mentor in immigration policy at the Congressional Research Service and recalled that I was completing a dissertation on employment policy when we began working together in the late 1980s. Had it not been for the Vialets' interest in discussing this subject during a stormy weekend in 2009 at Newport, Rhode Island, this book may never have been written. Soon all of my free time was devoted to researching the Employment Act of 1946 anew. As we walked our dogs together, neighbors Tad and Susan Cantril guided me to the public opinion data from the 1940s that formed the basis of Chapter 3. Survey research experts (and former classmates from the University of Michigan) Celinda Lake, Barbara Smela, and Fran Featherston provided valuable comments on that chapter. Labor economists Linda Levine and Gerry Mayer, as well as Joyce, Barbara, and Fran, reviewed the first draft of the manuscript.

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The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change

Luders

2010

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Social movements have wrought dramatic changes upon American society. This raises the question: Why do some movements succeed in their endeavors while others fail? Luders answers this question by introducing an analytical framework that begins with a shift in emphasis away from the characteristics of movements toward the targets of protests and affected bystanders and why they respond as they do. This shift brings into focus how targets and other interests assess both their exposure to movement disruptions as well as the costs of conceding to movement demands. From this point, diverse outcomes stem not only from a movement's capabilities for protest but also from differences among targets and others in their vulnerability to disruption and the substance of movement goals. Applied to the civil rights movement, this approach recasts conventional accounts of the movement's outcome in local struggles and national politics and clarifies the broader logic of social change.

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The Influence of African Americans on Congress

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Levy

2008

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In this paper we approach, from a different angle than previous research, the question of whether gains in descriptive representation for African Americans result in losses in substantive representation. By looking at how the presence of African Americans has changed Congress over time, we assess the long-term impact of electing more African Americans to Congress on substantive representation. Specifically, we content analyze House floor debates on civil rights legislation, from 1957 to 1991, and find that Black members have influenced how White members talk about civil rights.

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Civil Rights Roll-Call Voting in the House of Representatives, 1957-1991: A Systematic Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

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Tackling unemployment: the legislative dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

Tackling unemployment: the legislative dynamics of the Employment Act of 1946

The Civil Rights Movement and the Logic of Social Change

The Influence of African Americans on Congress

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