The new Black politician Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America /

The new Black politician Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gillespie, Andra
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Booker, Cory.
African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography.
Mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Election.
African Americans > Politics and government > Case studies.
Post-racialism > United States > Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences) > United States > Case studies.
Political entrepreneurship > United States > Case studies.
Newark (N.J.) > Politics and government > 21st century.
Newark (N.J.) > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 21st century.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects > Case studies.
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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.

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