The Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America Gillespie, Andra. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. nyu New York New York University Press 2012 monographic eng

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xi, 314 p. : ill. 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. Andra Gillespie. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-nj n-us--- 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 F144.N653 B664 2012eb 974.9/044092 B http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555034 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555034 CaPaEBR 111220 ebr10555034