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Title: DOUBLE TROUBLE
BLACK MAYORS, BLACK COMMUNITIES, AND THE CALL FOR A DEEP DEMOCRACY
By: J. Phillip Thompson
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0195177339
ISBN 13: 9780195177336
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Pub. date: 1 January, 2006
Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
Pages: 360
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 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.
Synopsis: 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.
Publication: US
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
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