The new "new racism" thesis: Limited government values and race-conscious policy attitudes

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-273

  Gainous, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

new racism; race conscious policy; social welfare; values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; POPULATION GROUPS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857723290     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934711417436     Document Type: Article

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