A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come [electronic resource] : Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America /
Wharton, J.author.
This work offers a political and historical analysis of Newark's modern politics since 1950, culminating with Mayor Cory Booker's rise to power and prominence both in the city and in American political consciousness. Newark's recent political history offers an interesting case study in mayoral elections, community development, and coalition building politics. While Newark is the quintessential post-industrial city, Booker has received critical attention for his post-racial politics since he frequently bypasses racial and traditional urban politics. At the same time, relations between the mayor, the municipal council, and Newark's diverse communities were often so fractious that sustainable coalition building proved to be an elusive goal to resolve longstanding crime, education, and other social problems. Based on original interviews with Cory Booker, city council members, and other prominent Newark politicians, A Post Racial Change is Gonna Come is a powerful history of how Newark became the focal point for transformative politics in urban America.
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Cover; A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Newark's Sordid Past and Early Community Development Politics; Newark's 1967 Disorders; Newark's Post-Riot Era: Baraka, Gibson, and James; 2: The 2002 and 2006 Mayoral Elections; Booker's and James' Challenges and Charges; 2006 Redux? Booker, James, ... and Rice; James Leaves the Race and Rice Continues Politics; Days Before the Election; Election Analysis; 3: The Mayors' Identity Politics and Their Political Shortcomings; James' Corruption; Booker's Post-Racial Politics
Booker's First-Year Coalition Challenges4: Booker's Community Development Initiatives; Prudential Center Dilemma; Newark as Themed Villages; Teachers Village; Warren Street, Artists, and Eco Villages; Public Housing Community Development; Additional Community Development Initiatives; Community Development Considerations; 5: The 2010 Election and Booker's Second-Term Honeymoon; Second-Term, First-Year Challenges; Education Policy; 6: Newark, Booker, and Post-Racial Reality; Appendix; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Index
Includesbibliographical references and index.
This work offers a political and historical analysis of Newark's modern politics since 1950, culminating with Mayor Cory Booker's rise to power and prominence both in the city and in American political consciousness. Newark's recent political history offers an interesting case study in mayoral elections, community development, and coalition building politics. While Newark is the quintessential post-industrial city, Booker has received critical attention for his post-racial politics since he frequently bypasses racial and traditional urban politics. At the same time, relations between the mayor, the municipal council, and Newark's diverse communities were often so fractious that sustainable coalition building proved to be an elusive goal to resolve longstanding crime, education, and other social problems. Based on original interviews with Cory Booker, city council members, and other prominent Newark politicians, A Post Racial Change is Gonna Come is a powerful history of how Newark became the focal point for transformative politics in urban America.
Booker, Cory.
Public policy.
Urban geography.
Europe—Politics and government.
Ethnicity.
Political science.
World politics.
Public Policy.
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).
European Politics.
Ethnicity Studies.
Political Science.
Political History.