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Author:

Gillespie, Andra.

Title:

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

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Booker, Cory.
African American mayors--Newark--Newark--Biography.
Mayors--Newark--Newark--Election.
Newark (N.J.)--Politics and government--21st century.
Newark (N.J.)--History--Political aspects--History--21st century.
African Americans--Case studies.--Case studies.--Case studies.
Post-racialism--United States--Case studies.
Elite (Social sciences)--United States--Case studies.--Case studies.
Political entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies.
United States--Political aspects--Political aspects--Case studies.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0814738699 (ebook)
9780814738696 (ebook)
0814738680 (ebook)
9780814738689 (ebook)
0814732445 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814732441 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)756592628

LCCN:

2011051072

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)