The New White Nationalism in America

Carol M. Swain is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (Harvard University Press, 1993, 1995), which was selected by Library Choice Journal as one of the seven outstanding academic books of 1994. Black Faces was also the winner of the 1994 Woodrow Wilson prize.

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Is There Cause for Alarm?: 2. The new white nationalism; 3. Racial holy war! - the beliefs and goals of the more radical racist right; 4. Demographic change and immigration issues; 5. Crime and fear of violence; Part II. Affirmative Action: Is This the Perfect Grievance?: 6. Affirmative action: past and present; 7. Framing effects, opinion surveys, and the evidence from focus groups; 8. A grievance made to order?; 9. The path from discrimination to reverse discrimination in higher education; Part III. What Can Happen to Young People in a Racially Charged Environment?: 10. The growing competitiveness for college and university admissions; 11. Multiculturalism and racial double standards; 12. White nationalist recruitment in America; Part IV. Remedies: 13. A search for consensus in college and university admissions; 14. Can religion promote greater racial and social harmony among America's diverse people?; 15. Concluding observations and policy recommendations.

'… this book is well researched and forces the reader to view the issue of race in America from both ends of the spectrum.' Cercles