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The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.
LIBRA F144.N653 B664 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillespie, Andra.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Booker, Cory.
- African American mayors--New Jersey--Newark--Biography.
- African American mayors.
- Mayors--New Jersey--Newark--Elections.
- Mayors.
- Race relations.
- Political entrepreneurship.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Post-racialism.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- New Jersey--Newark.
- Elections.
- Newark (N.J.)--Politics and government--21st century.
- Newark (N.J.).
- Newark (N.J.)--Race relations--Political aspects--History--21st century.
- African Americans--Politics and government--Case studies.
- African Americans.
- Post-racialism--United States--Case studies.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States--Case studies.
- Political entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects--Case studies.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. The Clash of Two Black Americas
- Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement
- Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker
- Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election
- pt. 2. It's Not Easy Being Elite : Governing Challenges in Post Racial Black America
- Winning : The 2006 Election
- Policy Is Politics
- Perception Is Reality : Judging Cory Booker
- The Politics of Perception : Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs
- 2010 : Electoral Politics Revisited
- Joshua, Esther and Uncle Julius : Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Methodological Notes
- Appendix B: List of Interviewees.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814732441
- 0814732445
- 9780814738689
- 0814738680
- 9780814738696
- 0814738699
- OCLC:
- 756592628
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