Double Trouble
Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy
Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 January 2006
- ISBN 9780195177336
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 243x161x26 mm
- Weight 658 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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 by the 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 interracial conversation 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.
MoreLong description:
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 by the white public and encourage greater political inclusion and open political discourse within black communities. Only by unveiling painful internal oppresssions and exclusions within black politics will the black community's power increase, and compel similar unveilings in the broader interracial conversation 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.
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.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction: Black Mayors and Social Change
"The Dirty Little Secret" of Black Politics
Acquiring, Building and Sustaining Power: Black Civic Organizations in Urban Democracy
Race and Inter-Racial Coalitions
Part II: Introduction: The Dinkins Experience
"Cursed by Factions and Feuds": Black Factionalism and the Structure of New York City Government
"Set up a think tank: A Black Mayor's Accountability to the Black Community": The Case of David Dinkins
Race, Class, and Ideology in a New York Mayoral Election
Conclusion: From Conflict to Transformation
Notes
Bibliography
