The new Black politician [electronic resource] : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.

By: Gillespie, AndraContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2012Description: xi, 314 p. : illISBN: 9780814738689 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Booker, Cory | African American mayors -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography | Mayors -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Election | African Americans -- Politics and government -- Case studies | Post-racialism -- United States -- Case studies | Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- Case studies | Political entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies | Newark (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Newark (N.J.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century | United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 974.9/044092 | B LOC classification: F144.N653 | B664 2012Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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