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Dog Whistle Politics: Strategic Racism, Fake Populism, and the Dividing of America Revised and Expanded

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Dog Whistle Politics: Strategic Racism, Fake Populism, and the Dividing of America Revised and Expanded

Author: Ian Haney-López
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190841805
Published In: February 2027
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Initially published in 2013, Ian Haney-López's Dog Whistle Politics offered a sweeping account of how politicians and plutocrats deploy veiled racial appeals to persuade white voters to support policies that favor the extremely rich yet threaten their own interests. As he showed, such appeals generate middle-class enthusiasm for political candidates who promise to crack down on crime, curb undocumented immigration, and protect against Islamic infiltration, but ultimately vote in favor of corporations and the rich. Rejecting any simple story of malevolent and obvious racism, Haney-López linked the two central themes that dominate American politics today: the decline of the middle class and the Republican Party's increasing reliance on white voters.

The book proved to be remarkably prescient. Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was built almost entirely around dog whistle politics, and he won the presidency because of it. This new edition of Dog Whistle Politics updates the book by a substantial new chapter on Trump that examines his appeal and places his campaign in the historical context that the first edition of Dog Whistle Politics so perceptively uncovered.

Preface Learning about Racism at Harvard Law School

Introduction Racial Politics and the Middle Class

Chapter One The Southern Strategy and the GOP's Rise as the White Man's Party

Chapter Two Beyond Hate: Strategic Racism

Chapter Three The Wrecking Begins: Ronald Reagan

Chapter Four Colorblindness and Whites as Racial Victims

Chapter Five Updating the Whistle: Clinton and W.

Chapter Six How Conservatives Get Away with Racism

Chapter Seven Makers and Takers

Chapter Eight What's the Matter with White Voters?

Chapter Nine Obama's Post-Racial Strategy

Conclusion To End Dog Whistle Politics