Michael C. Dawson

Michael C. Dawson is John D. MacArthur Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and author of Blacks In and Out of the Left.

Dawson Response to Anxieties of Democracy

Dangerous critics of democracy fight to maintain race and gender dominance.

  • Michael C. Dawson

Dawson Response to Ferguson

Loury ignores how white supremacy shapes the racial terrain.

  • Michael C. Dawson

The Leading Edge — Final Response

Black solidarity must be institutionalized.

  • Michael C. Dawson

The Future of Black Politics

With black civil society in retreat, how can we rebuild black politics?

  • Michael C. Dawson
with responses from
  • William Julius Wilson
  • Andra Gillespie
  • Tommie Shelby
  • Rev. Patrick H. O’Connor
  • Jennifer L. Hochschild
  • Lani Guinier & Gerald Torres
  • Dorian T. Warren
  • Robin D. G. Kelley

Stories and Stats — Forum Response

In 2008, there were 2 million more African-American voters than in 2004.

  • Michael C. Dawson

Response to How Can Democrats Win

Perlstein offers no strategy for addressing the racial divide that slices through the Democrats’ electoral coalition.

  • Michael C. Dawson
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