Racism, Xenophobia, and Distribution: Multi-Issue Politics in Advanced Democracies

by John E. Roemer, Karine Van der Straeten, Woojin Lee

Book Overview

From the Republican Party's "Southern Strategy" in the U.S. to the rise of Le Pen's National Front in France, conservative politicians in the last thirty years have capitalized on voters' resentment of ethnic minorities to win votes and undermine government aid to the poor. In this book, the authors construct a theoretical model to calculate the effect of voters' attitudes about race and immigration on political parties' stances on income distribution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674024958
• ISBN13: 9780674024953
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"