A crisis of leadership and the role of citizens in Black America : leaders of the new school / Stephen C.W. Graves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graves, Stephen C. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American leadership.

African Americans--Politics and government--21st century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

A theoretical examination of the concepts of the citizen, citizenship, and leadership. A Crisis of Leadership and the Role of Citizens in Black America: Leaders of the New School proposes to develop a prototype or model of effective Black leadership. Furthermore, it examines "citizenship habits" of the Black community based on their economic standing, educational attainment, participation in the criminal justice system, and health and family structure. It tracks data in these four categories from 1970 to today, measuring effective leadership by the improvement or decline in the majority of African Americans, standing in these four categories. This book concludes that African Americans have negative perceptions of themselves as US citizens, which thus produce "bad citizenship habits." Additionally, ineffective Black leaders since the Civil Rights Era have been unwilling to demonstrate the purpose and significance of service, particularly to the poor and disadvantaged members of the Black community. Contemporary Black leaders (i.e., post-Civil Rights Era) have focused primarily on self-promotion, careerism, and middle-class interests. A new type of leader is needed, one that stresses unity and reinforces commitment to the group as a whole by establishing new institutions that introduce community-building. Book jacket.

Contents:

Constructing Black citizenship and the second-class citizen

On the habits of citizenship

On bad citizens, bad habits, and bad leadership

On the failures of Black leadership

On Black leadership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Graves, Stephen C.W., author. Crisis of leadership and the role of citizens in Black America.

ISBN:

9780739197905

0739197908

OCLC:

944086779