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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784988103321

Autore

Keiser Richard A

Titolo

Subordination or empowerment? : African-American leadership and the struggle for urban political power / / Richard A. Keiser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997

ISBN

0-19-773404-9

1-280-52622-X

0-19-536049-4

1-4294-1538-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)

Disciplina

303.3/089/96073

Soggetti

African American leadership

Community power - United States

Political participation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; One: Electoral Competition and the Emergence of Political Leadership; Two: Black Political Subordination in Chicago; Three: Political Monopoly and the Maintenance of Black Subordination in Gary; Four: Not Quite Brotherly Love: Electoral Competition and the Institutionalization of Biracial Political Cooperation in Philadelphia; Five: Political Competition and Black Empowerment in Atlanta, 1946-1992; Six: Subordination or Empowerment?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through case studies of the cities of Chicago, Gary, Philadelphia and Atlanta in the USA, the author of this text explores why Black people have won political empowerment in some areas and not others. He asserts that competition among white factions creates opportunities for Black leaders.