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The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America
- Title
- The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.
- Author
- Gillespie, Andra.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2012.
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- Description
- xi, 314 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Post-racialism > United States > Case studies
- African Americans > Politics and government > Case studies
- Elite (Social sciences) > United States > Case studies
- Newark (N.J.) > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 21st century
- Mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Election
- Newark (N.J.) > Politics and government > 21st century
- Booker, Cory
- United States > Race relations > Political aspects > Case studies
- Political entrepreneurship > United States > Case studies
- Black author
- African American mayors > New Jersey > Newark > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-796
- ISBN
- 9780814732441 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0814732445 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011051072
- OCLC
- 756592628
- Author
- Gillespie, Andra.
- Title
- The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-796