White Identity Politics, Ashley Jardina
White Identity Politics, Ashley Jardina
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White Identity Politics

Author: Ashley Jardina

Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/26/2019


Synopsis

Amidst discontent over America's growing diversity, many white Americans now view the political world through the lens of a racial identity. Whiteness was once thought to be invisible because of whites' dominant position and ability to claim the mainstream, but today a large portion of whites actively identify with their racial group and support policies and candidates that they view as protecting whites' power and status.

In White Identity Politics, Ashley Jardina offers a landmark analysis of emerging patterns of white identity and collective political behavior, drawing on sweeping data. Where past research on whites' racial attitudes emphasized out-group hostility, Jardina brings into focus the significance of in-group identity and favoritism. White Identity Politics shows that disaffected whites are not just found among the working class; they make up a broad proportion of the American public—with profound implications for political behavior and the future of racial conflict in America.

About Ashley Jardina

Ashley Jardina is assistant professor of political science at Duke University, North Carolina. She studies the nature of racial attitudes and group identities and their influence on public opinion and political behavior. Her research has been featured in the New York Times, Vox, and the Washington Post's Monkey Cage.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on December 23, 2020

This well-written and soundly documented book, while not a mirror image of Ms. Wilkerson’s “Caste,” is almost a “twin” of sorts. As I’ve indicated in my review of “Caste,” Ms. Wilkerson frames the Black-white divide — indeed, the growing divisions between so many Americans — as the consequence of our......more

Goodreads review by Natasha on August 16, 2020

If you're going to read Hillbilly Elegy, read this instead.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on May 05, 2020

First of all, the casual reader should be warned that this book is written in a very academic style. Ashley Jardina finds a key gap in previous scholarship, that of addressing the identity possessed by the dominant racial group in the United States, whites, and exploits it brilliantly. Numerous stud......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on April 19, 2019

This book is so powerful, so well written, and most importantly, so helpful for understanding why Trump won (and why he might win again) and how that is related to the anxiety that White people are feeling about the changing demographics of the US and how that endangers their privilege. It’s not tha......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on January 03, 2021

This will definitely be a touchstone book for the study of race and politics in 21st CEntury US. This is a highly data-driven book that doesn't make for super smooth reading, unless you love the ins and outs of statistics (there were appendices, but more of the text should have been offloaded into t......more