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The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America
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The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.
ISBN
9780814732441 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814732445 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814738689 (ebook)
0814738680 (ebook)
9780814738696 (ebook)
0814738699 (ebook)
Published
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2012
Bibliography
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.
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