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Black Atlantic politics : dilemmas of political empowerment in Boston and Liverpool / William E. Nelson, Jr.
Van Pelt - Class of 1979 Seminar Room (305) F73.9.N4 N45 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, William E., Jr., 1941-2013.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Afro-American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Politics and government.
- African Americans.
- Black people--England--Liverpool--Politics and government.
- Black people.
- Politics and government.
- Boston (Mass.)--Politics and government.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Liverpool (England)--Politics and government.
- Liverpool (England).
- England--Liverpool.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 344 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- This first comprehensive comparative study of Black politics 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.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Black Atlantic Politics 1
- Chapter 1. The Black Atlantic: Race and Local Politics 3
- Chapter 2. Boston and Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities 29
- Part 2 Black Politics in Boston 61
- Chapter 3. Boston: City Governance and Black Political Empowerment 63
- Chapter 4. Black Political Linkage: The Search for Alternative Sources of Power 87
- Chapter 5. Boston: Strategic Dimensions of Black Politics 105
- Chapter 6. Resource Mobilization and Black Political Linkage 133
- Part 3 Black Politics in Liverpool 163
- Chapter 7. Liverpool: Local Governance and Black Political Empowerment 165
- Chapter 8. The Toxteth Riots and the Race Policy Agenda 197
- Chapter 9. Liverpool: Political Strategies and Political Empowerment 237
- Chapter 10. Linkage Politics and Political Resources 261
- Part 4 Comparative Racial Politics 283
- Chapter 11. Boston and Liverpool: The Comparative Context of Black Politics 285.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791446719
- 0791446727
- OCLC:
- 43286686
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