ISBN:
0814732445
,
9780814732441
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 314 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
DDC:
974.9/044092
Keywords:
Booker, Cory
;
African American mayors Biography
;
Mayors Election
;
African Americans Case studies Politics and government
;
Post-racialism Case studies
;
Elite (Social sciences) Case studies
;
Political entrepreneurship Case studies
;
Newark (N.J.) Politics and government 21st century
;
Newark (N.J.) Race relations 21st century
;
Political aspects
;
History
;
United States Case studies Race relations
;
Political aspects
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt. 1. The Clash of Two Black Americas -- Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement -- Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker -- Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election -- pt. 2. It's Not Easy Being Elite : Governing Challenges in Post Racial Black America -- Winning : The 2006 Election -- Policy Is Politics -- Perception Is Reality : Judging Cory Booker -- The Politics of Perception : Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs -- 2010 : Electoral Politics Revisited -- Joshua, Esther and Uncle Julius : Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Methodological Notes -- Appendix B: List of Interviewees.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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