Public Opinion on Nonwhite Underrepresentation and Racial Identity Politics in Brazil.

Brazil has an “African-origin” population that is proportionally more than four times larger that of African Americans in the United States, but white Brazilians mostly dominate electoral politics. How do ordinary citizens explain this phenomenon? Drawing on a large-sample survey of public opinion i...

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Published in:	Latin American Politics & Society Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 69 - 100
Main Author:	Bailey, Stanley R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Winter2009
Subjects:	Brazil Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Da Silva, Benedita Public opinion Race discrimination Practical politics Brazilian politics & government
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost