Race rules : electoral politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006 / Baodong Liu, James M. Vanderleeuw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Baodong, 1965-

Contributor:

Vanderleeuw, James M., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local elections--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Local elections.

African Americans--Louisiana--New Orleans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Politics and government.

New Orleans (La.)--Politics and government.

New Orleans (La.).

New Orleans (La.)--Race relations--Political aspects.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

xiv, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

Race Rules: Electoral Politics in New Orleans, 1965-2006 examines one of the innumerable raminifications of Hurricane Katrina: a reversal in the decades-long process of racial transition, from white dominant to black dominant. The electoral consequences of such a racial change-in a city where race has historically played a pronounced social, economic, and political role-are potentially dramatic. In light of the 2006 New Orleans mayoral election, a significant question emerges. Does a change in the population's racial composition mean a reversal in the political status of African Americans in New Orleans? To address this question, Baodong Liu and James M. Vanderleeuw investigate racial voting patterns in New Orleans municipal elections over a forty-year span from 1965 to 2006. Race Rules argues that as an enduring influence in urban politics, race manifests as either electoral conflict of electoral accommodation, but not as acceptance of the political empowerment of "other race," members.

Contents:

Hurricane Katrina, racial change, and electoral politics in New Orleans : an introduction

Theories of racial politics in urban America

Racial conflict and accommodation in electoral politics

Black mayors in New Orleans

Racial conflict in the electoral arena

Race and strategic voting

Race, Katrina, and New Orleans' electoral politics : conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-156) and index.

ISBN:

9780739119679

0739119672

9780739119686

0739119680

OCLC:

137325156