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Political scientists and social choice theorists often assume that economic diversification within a group produces divergent political beliefs and behaviors. Michael Dawson demonstrates, however, that the growth of a black middle class has left race as the dominant influence on African- American politics. Why have African Americans remained so united in most of their political attitudes? To account for this phenomenon, Dawson develops a new theory of group interests that emphasizes perceptions of "linked fates" and black economic subordination.

African Americans --- Politics and government. --- Achen, Christopher. --- Allen, Richard. --- Barker, Lucius. --- Brown, Ronald. --- Carmines, Edward. --- Dahl, Robert. --- Dukakis, Michael. --- Farley, Reynolds. --- Garvey, Marcus. --- Great Depression. --- Hamilton, Charles. --- Jackson, Jesse. --- Kilson, Martin. --- Lewis, Earl. --- Mondale, Walter. --- Naison, Mark. --- New Deal. --- Oliver, Melvin. --- Reagan, Ronald. --- Sniderman, Paul. --- Stimson, James. --- Wilson, William. --- black church. --- class. --- linked fate. --- presidential approval. --- race. --- thermometer scale.