Uneasy Alliances: Race and Party Competition in America. By Paul Frymer. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. 214p. $16.95 paper.

Abstract

The multiracial extravaganza staged at the 2000 Republican convention reminds us of the centrality of race in our national politics. In a work that effectively challenges cher- ished notions of how the political system functions, Paul Frymer argues that through most of U.S. history the major parties have lacked incentives to promote the interests of African Americans.