The Radical Imagination of Black Women
Ambition, Politics, and Power
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 12 December 2023
- ISBN 9780197650790
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 140x210x16 mm
- Weight 363 g
- Language English 519
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Short description:
Including interviews and focus group data, The Radical Imagination of Black Women challenges political science's current approach to political ambition by exploring how Black women decide to seek political office. Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that Black women's political ambition often manifests itself outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision for a full democracy. This is ambition that occurs in a specific context of marginalization, and both motivation and the conditions surrounding such motivation are critical to understanding the full range of Black women's political work. By focusing on Black women's experiences in elite politics, The Radical Imagination of Black Women is a much-needed intervention in the literature on electoral ambition, women in politics, and candidates and elections.
MoreLong description:
Historically, many Black women have viewed political participation as a means to achieve full equality and improve their status in US society. To this end, Black women have long engaged in politics through activism, voting, mobilization, and seeking office. Since 2016 the number of women, particularly Black women, seeking office has increased dramatically.
Including interviews with Black women holding political office at the national, state, and local levels, as well as focus group data, The Radical Imagination of Black Women challenges political science's current approach to political ambition by exploring how Black women decide to seek political office. Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, and marginalization that shape the political attitudes of Black women. Thus, Dowe asserts that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision for a full democracy. This is ambition that occurs in a specific context of marginalization, and both motivation and the conditions surrounding such motivation are critical to understanding the full range of Black women's political work. By focusing on Black women's experiences in elite politics, The Radical Imagination of Black Women is a much-needed intervention in the literature on electoral ambition, women in politics, and candidates and elections.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Radical Imagination of Black Women's Ambition
2. Black Women and Ambition: A Community Decision
3. An Ambition that Resists Marginalization
4. Black Women's Leadership, Connecting Socialization and Careers
5. What Do Black Women Need from Black Women Elected Officials?
6. Conclusion
Appendix A: List of Interviewees
Appendix B: Interview Questions
Appendix C: Focus Group Questions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
