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Race in America

A Discussion of Cathy J. Cohen's Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2012

Mark R. Warren
Mark R. Warren
Affiliation:
McCormick Graduate School, University of Massachusetts-Boston
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Abstract

Both the plight of African American young people and their feelings and thoughts about this plight are major issues of concern in U.S. politics. In 2003, the Black Youth Project was launched, with funding by the Ford Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to promote both social scientific analysis and public understanding of these issues (the project has an innovative and engaging Website that can be accessed at http://www.blackyouthproject.com/). Cathy J. Cohen is the principal investigator of the project and, in Democracy Remixed, she draws upon a new national survey of black youth to offer a mixed-method empirical description and theoretical analysis of “black youth and the future of American politics.” In this symposium, a diverse group of political and social scientists have been asked to critically assess the book's account and to comment more broadly on the importance of black youth to the future of American politics.—Jeffrey C. Isaac, Editor

Type
Review Symposium: Race in America
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 763 - 766
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2012

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