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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editor's Note -- Liberalism and Black Political Thought: The Afro-American Dilemma -- Political Movements in American Politics: An Essay On Concept and Analysis -- Civil Rights and Liberties in the First Term of the Rehnquist Court: The Quest for Doctrines and Votes -- Getting Out the Black Vote: The Party Canvass and the Black Response -- Second-Generation Educational Discrimination and White Flight from Public Schools -- Symposium I: The Iran-Contra Affair -- Doin' the Cincinnati or What Is There about the White House That Makes Its Occupants Do Bad Things? -- The Iran-Contra Hearings and Executive Policymaking -- Congress on the Defensive: An Hypothesis from the Iran-Contra Problem -- The Iran-Contra Affair: Errant Globalism in Action -- Symposium II: Black Americans and the Constitution -- Executive Authority, Constitutional Interpretation, and Civil Rights -- Civil Rights and the Fragmentation of Government Power -- The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and Racism: Compromises on the Way to Democracy -- Review Essays: Jesse Jackson and Presidential Politics -- Black Presidential Strategies and Institutional Constraints -- Jacksonian Democracy-Black Style: Differing Perspectives -- Bibliographic Essays -- The Current Literature on Black Politics -- Similarities and Differences: Reflections on Political Science Research on Women and Politics -- Chicano Politics in the 1980s and Beyond: A Review of the Literature in the Decade of the Hispanics -- Indians and the Social Contract -- Book Reviews -- Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights -- Gender Justice

"The official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), this annual publication includes significant scholarly research reflecting the diverse interests of scholars from various backgrounds who use a variety of models, approaches, and methodologies. The central focus is on politics and policies that advantage or disadvantage groups because of race, ethnicity, sex, or other factors. The research is performed in a variety of contexts and settings.This second volume is dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the NCOBPS, and is commemorated in a special introductory section that includes major feature articles, a special symposium, and a book review section.Lucius J. Barker is Edna F. Gellhorn Professor of Public Affairs and Political Science at Washington University, St. Louis, and author of a number of books and articles on American judicial politics and public law and African-American politics."--Provided by publisher.

"The official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, this annual publication includes significant scholarly research reflecting the diverse interests of scholars from various backgrounds who use a variety of models, approaches, and methodologies. The central focus is on politics and policies that advantage or disadvantage groups because of race, ethnicity, sex, or other such factors. The research is performed in a variety of contexts and settings. This third volume includes an introductory note by the editor, Lucius J. Barker, in which he assesses the performance of the Journal in defining a "different political science" and a note by incoming editor Matthew Holden, Jr. outlining topics and agendas for future volumes. Feature articles include "Reconceptualizing Urban Violence"; "Political Science and the Black Political Experience"; "The Impact of At-Large Elections on the Representation of Black and White Women"; "State Responses to Richmond v. Croson: A Survey of Equal Opportunity Officers"; "Media in Warsaw Pact States: Explanations of Crisis Coverage"; and "Presence of Immigrants and National Front Vote: The Case of Paris (1984-1990)." The Book Review Section includes review essays on East European research, black urban politics, and the political reincorporatlon of southern blacks, and regular book reviews on minority groups and American political culture and other areas."--Provided by publisher.

Viewing the African American experience through a systemic perspective tells much about the nature and operation of the political system. I suggest that a systemic perspective incorporates a broad range of factors that must be considered in a constitutional context that guides not only the choice of goals and strategies, but also signals the relative chances of success in the outcome of interest conflict. I focus on the capacity and limits of various strategies, and show how the political system generally militates against fundamental policy change. However, on rare occasions such policy change does occur, but it is difficult to implement and maintain, especially regarding the matter of race. Under the circumstances, I suggest that overcoming America's continuing dilemma of race requires extraordinary leadership and people of good will who are determined to see the constitutional-democratic system work.

Das Rassenproblem in den USA ist nicht gelöst. Obwohl seit den 50er Jahren erhebliche rechtliche Fortschritte gemacht worden sind, herrschen nach wie vor im täglichen Leben, angefangen vom sozio-ökonomischen Status der Afro-Amerikaner, erhebliche, ja systematische Diskriminierungen vor. Interessiert am offenen demokratischen Prozeß und trotz allem auf die immer noch möglichen Verbesserungen vertrauend, zeigt Lucius Barker, welche Erfolge diverse Reformstrategien gezeitigt haben und an welche Grenzen sie jeweils gestoßen sind. Insbesondere das Beschreiten des gerichtlichen Klagewegs, bürgerrechtliche Bewegungspolitik, Lobbyismus und Versuche, über Wahlen Einfluß zu nehmen, werden Revue passiert. Zum einen zeigt sich, daß die Verfassungswirklichkeit systematisch etablierte Interessen favorisiert und daß zum zweiten nur eine Kombination der Reformstrategien auf Dauer erfolgreich sein wird. (AuD-Nar)

How the political system generally militates against fundamental policy change; some focus on the US civil rights movement and the electoral system; since 1950.