Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide. By Robert C. Smith and Richard Seltzer. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. 157p. $65.00 cloth, $23.95 paper.

Abstract

Race continues to be a source for major cleavages in American
politics. Robert Smith and Richard Seltzer, two of the
prolific scholars in the study of African Americans' public
opinion, have continually worked to enhance understanding
of race, class, and culture as factors influencing that public
opinion. In Contemporary
Controversies
and
the
American
Racial
Divide they continue that pursuit by examining racebased
differences in public opinion.
ideological and institutional roles in society and in the black