Political Black Girl Magic - The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors

"Examines the experiences of Black female mayors in the contexts of their campaigns and of their governance, seeking to understand how race, gender, or the combination of both have affected them and to identify the most significant obstacles Black women have faced as mayors and mayoral candidates"--

About the author

Sharon D. Wright Austin is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. She is the author of several articles and books, including The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, andPolitical Participation in America and The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics,  Concentrated Poverty,  and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon D. Wright (EDT)/ Dowe Austin
• Assisted by: Sharon D Wright Austin (Editor), Sharon D. Wright Austin (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781439920282
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-2028-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education