Black Women in Politics
Subtitle: Identity, Power, and Justice in the New Millennium
By: Michael Mitchell
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781351313681
Subjects: African American women; Political activity; African American women politicians; Women political scientists; African Americans; Politics and government; Noires américaines; Activité politique; Femmes politologues; Noirs américains; Politique et gouvernement
Description: "The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces, institutional behaviours, and public policy. The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice. Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership, radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans, and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally, the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr., prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Special Issue Articles --; title: chapter Why Political Scientists Don't Study Black Women, But Historians and Sociologists Do: On Intersectionality and the Remapping of the Study of Black Political Women --; title: chapter "I Ain't Your Darn Help": Black Women as the Help in Intersectionality Research in Political Science --; title: chapter (Black) Papa Knows Best: Marion Barry and the Appeal to Black Authoritarian Discourse --; title: chapter "Talking" about Gender While Ignoring Race and Class: A Discourse Analysis of Pay Equity Debates --; title: chapter Infl uencing the Political Agenda from the Outside: A Comparative Study of Hausa Women's NGOs and CBOs in Kano, Nigeria --; title: chapter Black Women's Pathways to the Statehouse: The Impact of Race/Gender Identities --; title: chapter Taking to the Airwaves: Using Content Analyses of Survey Toplines and Filmographies to Test the " Michelle Obama Image Transformation" (MOIT) Hypothesis --; title: chapter Research Article: Black Urban Leadership --; title: chapter Black Mayoral Leadership in New Orleans: Minority Incorporation Revisited --; title: chapter Current Issue Analysis: The Supreme Court's Shelby  -- County v. Holder Decision; title: chapter Refl ections on Shelby v. Holder  -- Christina Rivers; title: chapter Trends --; title: chapter Black Women State Legislators--Electoral Trend Data 1995-2011  -- B. D'Andra Orey and Nadia E. Brown; title: chapter Book Reviews --; title: chapter Book Reviews: Special Issue on Black Women in Politics  -- Tiffany Willoughby-Herard; title: chapter The Editors: A Note on Passing: William (Nick) Nelson  -- and Hanes Walton, Jr.; title: chapter A Note on Passing --; title: chapter The National Political Science Review (NPSR) Invitation to the Scholarly Community.