02579nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10555034 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 111220s2012 nyua sb 001 0deng d 2011051072 9780814732441 (cloth alk. paper) 9780814738689 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)793207528 n-us-nj n-us--- F144.N653 B664 2012eb 974.9/044092 B 23 Gillespie, Andra. The new Black politician [electronic resource] : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie. New York : New York University Press, 2012. xi, 314 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. The Clash of Two Black Americas -- Black Political Entrepreneurship, 21st Century Style : The Theory of Elite Displacement -- Prelude : The Rise of Cory Booker -- Losing : The 2002 Mayoral Election -- pt. 2. It's Not Easy Being Elite : Governing Challenges in Post Racial Black America -- Winning : The 2006 Election -- Policy Is Politics -- Perception Is Reality : Judging Cory Booker -- The Politics of Perception : Cory Booker in Local and State Affairs -- 2010 : Electoral Politics Revisited -- Joshua, Esther and Uncle Julius : Black Political Entrepreneurs and the Future of Black Politics -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Methodological Notes -- Appendix B: List of Interviewees. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Booker, Cory. African American mayors New Jersey Newark Biography. Mayors New Jersey Newark Election. African Americans Politics and government Case studies. Post-racialism United States Case studies. Elite (Social sciences) United States Case studies. Political entrepreneurship United States Case studies. Newark (N.J.) Politics and government 21st century. Newark (N.J.) Race relations Political aspects History 21st century. United States Race relations Political aspects Case studies. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555034 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 198425 198425