Thesis
Black candidates facing white electorates
- Alternative title:
- racial campaign strategies in United States Senate elections
- Abstract:
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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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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2014
- Type of award:
- MPhil
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:9603
- Deposit date:
- 2014-12-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Johnson, R
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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