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The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965. By Russell L. Riley. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. 373p. $49.50 cloth, $22.50 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

Nina M. Moore
Nina M. Moore
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Abstract

Russell L. Riley offers an insightful account of how American presidents have grappled with race. His main concern is the causal forces that shape the institutional role of the presi- dency in American politics. The discussion centers specifi- cally upon the determinants of presidential policy that affects the advancement of African Americans toward first-class citizenship. Riley asks what operative dictates and constraints shape presidential behavior vis-a -vis racial inequality politics.

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American Political Science Review , Volume 95 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 486 - 487
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2001 by the American Political Science Association

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