Identity Politics in the United States

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An Exploration of Identity in Red, White, and Blue

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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This book examines the development of identity politics and its ramifications across American political and social culture. The author provides an important foundational narrative and undertakes qualitative content analysis of primary sources in antiracism and conservative Christian activism in demonstrating the broad scope of the reach of identity politics in American political culture.Exploring identity politics as expressed by progressive conservative groups yields important empirical insight into how identity politics has become a predominant political tool that transcends particular partisan social structures. The author argues that Identity politics can be quite effective in securing short-term victories, given the passion that such politics can bring. However, since identity politics has a strong propensity to recreate marginalizing structures, it may not be effective in making sustainable changes to support a larger political and social community. A better long-term direction, in the author’s view, is moving from an identity political framework towards a political framework that includes the interests of groups across the social and political spectrum.Identity Politics in the United States is essential for students and instructors in sociology, social theory, political science, American studies, cultural studies as well as some general/popular readership.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-03-24
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor190
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041192824

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Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhalle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik

George Yancey is Professor of Sociology at Baylor University. His research addresses the topics of institutional racial diversity, racial identity, academic bias, progressive Christians and anti-Christian hostility. He is the author of Dehumanizing Christians: Cultural Competition in a Multicultural World (Routledge, 2017), Compromising Scholarship: Religious and Political Bias in American Higher Education (2017), and co-author of What Motivates Cultural Progressives? (2012).

“This is a fascinating book and the author provides a unique perspective that needs to be heard. The book answers questions that individuals have about the definition and influences of identity politics, and does so in a balanced and unbiased way. It will definitely be an important book for the time we are in!”Sharon D. Austin, Professor of Political Science, University of Florida“Without a doubt, this book focuses on perhaps the issue of our time, certainly the political issue of our time. And the theory it proposes strikes me as something of vital importance. What I most appreciate about this book is that it opens understanding into what is actually occurring in American politics today, breaking free from older understandings of how politics operate, and what motivations matter. It helps us understand, then, new political coalitions that make no sense in older models of how politics operate.”Michael Emerson, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Fellow in Religion and Public Policy, Rice University