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Knowledge, power, and Black politics : collected essays /
"This collection of essays develops an alternative framework for describing and explaining African American politics and the American political system and applies it to a number of pertinent case studies"--Provided by publisher
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | SUNY series in African American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Introduction; Section I. Epistemology and Theory; 1 A Frame of Reference for Black Politics; Notes; 2 Scientific Method, Value Judgments, and the Black Predicament in the United States ; Methods of Scientific Inquiry; Value Judgments; Concept Formation; Notes; 3 NCOBPS: Twenty Years Later; Notes; 4 Political Science and the Black Political Experience: Issues in Epistemology and Relevance; The Paradigm as the Source of Parochialism; The Dominant Paradigm and Black Political Life; Toward a More Useful Paradigm; Notes.
- Section II. Black Politics: Theory and Practice5 Black Politics: From Civil Rights to Benign Neglect; Contemporary Black Politics; Epilogue; Notes; 6 Black Political Empowerment in Atlanta: Myth and Reality; Frame of Reference; Potential Black Political Power; The Beginning of Black Empowerment 1965-1973; The Consolidation of Formal Black Political Power; Race and the 1973 Elections; Blacks in Power 1973-1977; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Black Mayoral Leadership in Atlanta: A Comment; Notes; 8 The Voting Rights Act as an Intervention Strategy for Social Change: Symbolism or Substance?; Introduction.
- Historic BackgroundUse of Examiners; Section 5 Preclearance; Litigativ e Activity; Conclusion; Notes; Section III. Race and Public Policy; 9 The Black Underclass as Systemic Phenomenon; Notes; 10 Political Philosophy and Public Assistance in Liberal Society; Notes; 11 Affirmative Action: What Is the Question-Race or Oppression?; Notes; 12 Racism, Multiculturalism, the Black Conservative Movement, and the Post-Civil Rights Era; Racism and Denial: The American Tradition; Liberalism and Conservatism and Black Political Activity; The Rise of the Black Conservative Movement.
- Ideological Assumptions and Public Policy ChoicesPublic Policy Choices; Conclusion; Notes; 13 On Display; Hypocrisy, Deceit, and Arrogance: Bush and the Invasion of Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; 14 Contemporary International Developments and Their Implications for the Global African Community; Note; Section IV. Commentaries and Reviews; 15 The White Custodians of the Black Experience: A Reply to Rudwick and Meier; Notes; 16 Limitations of the Civil Rights Philosophy and Agenda: A Different Perspective; I; II; III; IV; Note; References.
- 17 Cornel West, the Insurgent Black Intellectual, Race Matters: A Critical CommentNotes; 18 Deracialization and Crossover Appeal: Routinization and Depreciation of Black Political Participation; Note; Index.