| Contents |
Legitimacy and American democracy -- Blacks, civil rights, and the Supreme Court -- Establishing the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity -- Different presses, different frames : black and mainstream press coverage of a Supreme Court decision -- Media framing and the Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity -- The Supreme Court's legitimizing capacity among African Americans : support for capital punishment and affirmative action -- The causal relationship between public opinion toward the court and its politics : the University of Michigan affirmative action cases. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008014334 |
| ISBN | 9781592139026 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1592139027 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781592139033 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1592139035 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
