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Black candidates facing white electorates

Alternative title:
racial campaign strategies in United States Senate elections
Abstract:

It has long been assumed that when African American candidates compete in majority-white election environments, they adopt a 'deracilaised' campaign model that discards their racial identity in order to win white support. This paper finds that the ‘deracialised’ campaign model is conceptually limited and not substantiated empirically. The thesis proposes three alternative models of racial appeal, which acknowledge the ability of black candidates to preserve black racial identity while appe...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Oxford college:
Nuffield College
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SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Role:
Supervisor
Publication date:
2014
Type of award:
MPhil
Level of award:
Masters
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
Language:
English
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Local pid:
ora:9603
Deposit date:
2014-12-16

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