Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion, and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute

by Mia Tuan and Lawrence D. Bobo

This book presents a sociological study of how and why racial prejudice against members of a minority group comes to shape what happens to important political claims and aspirations of the group. Lawrence Bobo and Mia Tuan explore a lengthy controversy surrounding the fishing, hunting, and gathering rights of the Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin. The controversy started in 1974, when two Chippewa Indians were arrested for off-reservation fishing,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013298
• ISBN13: 9780674013292
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.4"