The politics of Black empowerment : the transformation of Black activism in urban America / James Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, James, 1949-

Series:

African American Life Series

African American life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Politics of Black Empowerment uses the experiences of grassroots activists to develop various conceptualizations and explanations of Black political behavior today. In analyzing Black politics since the late 1960s, James Jennings focuses on both the behavioral aspects, such as individual and group characteristics of voting and nonvoting and elections, as well as more fundamental philosophical and cultural questions regarding Black politics. This study examines how the "traditional" face of Black politics and electoral activism interacts with a growing "progressive" face of Black politics. While traditional Black political activists seek access or political incorporation, another group aims for power sharing. The traditional approach is sometimes satisfied with merely replacing white politicians with Blacks, but the progressive constituency focuses on fundamentally changing the whole economic and political pie. Activists desirous of Black empowerment are pursuing a political and economic orientation that goes beyond programs based on access to American institutional arrangements and attempting to change or alter given political arrangements and social relations between Blacks and whites on the basis of changing the social structure and the distribution of wealth and power. Based on interviews with Black and Latino activists in several big cities as well as on a review of the literature and the Black newspapers around the country, The Politics of Black Empowerment describes the characteristics of Black empowerment activism in America.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""ONE Characteristics of Black Empowerment Activism ""; ""The New Face of Black Politics:Black Empowerment Activism""; ""The City of Mandela: Black Empowerment Activism""; ""TWO Black Empowerment and the American Political Spectrum ""; ""The American Political Spectrum and Black Empowerment""

""Black Empowerment and the ""Black Body-Politic""""""Toward a New Black Agenda?""; ""THREE The Changing Black Political Agenda ""; ""Toward New Racial and Political Goals""; ""White Populism and Black Activism""; ""The Beginning of New Politics and Goals""; ""Continuing Racial Hierarchy""; ""FOUR Race and the Failure of Political Managerialism ""; ""Political Managerialism and Activism""; ""Toward Structural and Institutional Changes""; ""The Traditional Face of Black Politics""

""The Progressive Face""""FIVE Black Empowerment and the Corporate Sector ""; ""SIX The Changing Black Electorate ""; ""Blacks and the Liberal and Conservative Agendas""; ""Two Kinds of Black Leaders""; ""Urban Managerialism versus Political Activism""; ""Black Political Radicalization""; ""The Plight of the Democratic Party""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""Backcover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780814336618

0814336612

OCLC:

835505490