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
Number of pages: 314
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
Description: Looks at the 2002 Newark mayoral race between Cory Booker and the more established black incumbent Sharpe James, which articulated how moderate black politicians are challenging civil rights veterans for power.
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.