Black Atlantic politics
Subtitle: dilemmas of political empowerment in Boston and Liverpool
By: William E. Nelson, Jr.
Series: SUNY series in Afro-American studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Politics and government; Blacks -- England -- Liverpool -- Politics and government; Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government; Liverpool (England) -- Politics and government
Description: "A comparative study of Black politics that focuses on American and British settings--Boston and Liverpool. The author argues that Black communities on both sides of the Atlantic face a host of social, economic, and political constraints produced by hierarchical racial systems that promote White dominance and Black subordination ... This study examines some of the most important issues in the field of urban politics: the mobilization of bias in the political system, race and class constraints on the exercise of political influence, the impact of racial and political ideologies on the external policy environment, dilemmas associated with the mobilization of minority leadership, Black electoral strategies and political participation, the social consequences of urban regeneration, urban riots, school desegregation, the development of effective Black political resources, and conflict and cooperation in the internal politics of the Black community." (Pub. Web page).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-332) and index.