Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: BLACK MAYORS AND THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY: 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 interracial coalitions
  • PART II: THE DINKINS EXPERIENCE: "Cursed by factions and feuds": Black nationalism 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.