The new Black politician
Subtitle: Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America
By: Andra Gillespie
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814732441; 9780814738689; 9780814738696
Subjects: Politics and government; Post-racialism; Elite (Social sciences); Race relations; Political entrepreneurship; African American mayors; Case studies; Election; Political aspects; African Americans; Mayors; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Clash of Two Black Americas; title: Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement; title: Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker; title: Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election; title: pt. 2. It's Not Easy Being Elite : Governing Challenges in Post Racial Black America; title: Winning : The 2006 Election; title: Policy Is Politics; title: Perception Is Reality : Judging Cory Booker; title: The Politics of Perception : Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs; title: 2010 : Electoral Politics Revisited; title: Joshua, Esther and Uncle Julius : Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: Methodological Notes; title: Appendix B: List of Interviewees.