The new Black politician [electronic resource] : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.
Publication details: New York : New York University Press, 2012.Description: xi, 314 p. : illISBN:- 9780814732441 (cloth alk. paper)
- 9780814738689 (e-book)
- 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 studies
- 974.9/044092 B 23
- F144.N653 B664 2012eb
eBooks
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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.