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White Americans Racial Attitudes Revisited: The Role of Cognitive Engagement
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- Issue Date
- 2007-12
- Citation
- Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.14 No.2, pp. 53-73
- Keywords
- Race ; Racial Predispositions ; Policy Preferences ; Cognitive Engagement ; American Politics
- Abstract
- This article introduces the studies on racial attitudes of white Americans and critically reviews them. Drawing on information processing perspective, I point out that literature on white racial attitudes is barely successful in accounting for the reasons why white citizens who are committed to the principle of racial equality oppose race-targeted public policies. I argue that racial policy preferences are driven not only by political and racial predispositions, but also by the different levels of cognitive engagement in issues: individuals use different amount of relevant information in forming policy preferences, which in turn leads individuals to arrive at different understandings of racial matters.
- ISSN
- 1226-8550
- Language
- English
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