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Post-Racial or Most-Racial? Race and Politics in the Obama Era<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

University of Chicago Press<\/a>
\nApril 2016
\n272 pages
\n3 halftones, 55 line drawings, 11 tables
\n6 x 9
\nPaper ISBN: 9780226353012
\nCloth ISBN: 9780226352961
\nE-book ISBN: 9780226353159<\/p>\n

Michael Tesler<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Political Science
\nUniversity of California, Irvine<\/em><\/p>\n

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When Barack Obama<\/a> won the presidency, many posited that we were entering into a post-racial period in American politics. Regrettably, the reality hasn\u2019t lived up to that expectation. Instead, Americans\u2019 political beliefs have become significantly more polarized by racial considerations than they had been before Obama\u2019s presidency\u2014in spite of his administration\u2019s considerable efforts to neutralize the political impact of race.<\/p>\n

Michael Tesler shows how, in the years that followed the 2008 election\u2014a presidential election more polarized by racial attitudes than any other in modern times\u2014racial considerations have come increasingly to influence many aspects of political decision making. These range from people\u2019s evaluations of prominent politicians and the parties to issues seemingly unrelated to race like assessments of public policy or objective economic conditions. Some people even displayed more positive feelings toward Obama\u2019s dog, Bo<\/a>, when they were told he belonged to Ted Kennedy<\/a>. More broadly, Tesler argues that the rapidly intensifying influence of race in American politics is driving the polarizing partisan divide and the vitriolic atmosphere that has come to characterize American politics.<\/p>\n

One of the most important books on American racial politics in recent years, Post-Racial or Most-Racial?<\/em> is required reading for anyone wishing to understand what has happened in the United States during Obama\u2019s presidency and how it might shape the country long after he leaves office.<\/p>\n

Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n