Double Trouble - Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy

Zusatztext It is, quite simply, impossible to understand the evolution of the racial foundations of urban politics--and, indeed, all of contemporary urban politics in America--without reading Double Trouble. Informationen zum Autor J. Phillip Thompson, III is Associate Professor of Urban Politics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked for a decade in New York City government, serving as Deputy General Manager of the New York Housing Authority and as Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Coordination and principle mayoral liaison to the 1991 New York City Council Re-Districting Commission during the Dinkins administration. Klappentext J. Phillip Thompson III! an insider in the Dinkins administration! provides the first in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. Black constituents naturally look to Black mayors to effect great change for the poor! but the reality of the situation is complicated. Thompson argues that African-American mayors! legislators! and political activists need to more effectively challenge opinions and public policies supported bythe white public and encourage greater political inclusion and open political discourse within Black communities. Only by unveiling painful internal oppressions and exclusions within black politics will the balck community's power increase! and compel similar unveilings in the broader interracialconversation about the problems of the urban poor. Tracing the historical development and contemporary practice of black mayoral politics! this is a fascinating study of the motivations of black politicians! competing ideologies in the black community and the inner dynamics of urban social change. Zusammenfassung Provides an in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. Tracing the historical development and contemporary practice of black mayoral politics, this is a study of the motivations of black politicians, competing ideologies in the black community, and the inner dynamics of urban social change....

Product details

• Authors: J. Phillip Thompson, J. Phillip (Associate Professor of Urban Politics Thompson, Thompson J. Phillip
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780195177336
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517733-6
• No. of pages: 338
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities; Transgressing Boundaries; Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Political leaders & leadership, Political leaders and leadership, Political ideologies and movements, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government