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Replication Data for: Say Our Name (and Say It Right)! Extending Walton et al. on the Evolution of Race in Political Science Scholarship

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Title Replication Data for: Say Our Name (and Say It Right)! Extending Walton et al. on the Evolution of Race in Political Science Scholarship
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/87AUMD
 
Creator Ray Block Jr.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Data and Stata code for replication.

Abstract: To explore the evolution of political science research on race, Walton, Miller, and McCormick (1995), and Walton (1997, Chapter 4) do a systematic review of more than a century of publications appearing in the discipline’s oldest and most prestigious journals: Political Science Quarterly (PSQ) and the American Political Science Review (APSR), respectively. Walton and his colleagues uncover “dual traditions” of race scholarship: an African American Politics (AAP) paradigm, emphasizing empowerment and Blacks’ cultural distinctiveness, and a Race Relations Politics (RRP) approach that focuses on Blacks’ socio-political status vis-à-vis Whites. Using computer-assisted text analyses, we introduce a measure of racial dialogue that is informed by theory and has suitable empirical properties. We replicate and extend Walton’s research by adding a third periodical (the Journal of Politics [JOP]) and demonstrating that while race conversations are becoming more frequent over time, the dialogues taking place in mainstream journals typically fit Walton’s RRP (rather than AAP) tradition. Following our analyses, we offer guidelines for researchers seeking to apply our measure to alternative contexts.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Contributor Elmer Ray Block Jr., Ray Block Jr.