05299nam 2200697Ia 450 991097073580332120200520144314.097808143366180814336612(CKB)3240000000068572(EBL)3416498(SSID)ssj0000815658(PQKBManifestationID)11476765(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000815658(PQKBWorkID)10808064(PQKB)10717611(MiAaPQ)EBC3416498(OCoLC)835505490(MdBmJHUP)muse17614(Au-PeEL)EBL3416498(CaPaEBR)ebr10715397(OCoLC)923511118(MiAaPQ)EBC7126856(Au-PeEL)EBL7126856(MiAaPQ)EBC31349273(Au-PeEL)EBL31349273(Perlego)3767157(EXLCZ)99324000000006857219910702d1992 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of Black empowerment the transformation of Black activism in urban America /James Jennings1st ed.Detroit Wayne State University Pressc19921 online resource (235 p.)African American life seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9780814323182 0814323189 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""ONE Characteristics of Black Empowerment Activism ""; ""The New Face of Black Politics:Black Empowerment Activism""; ""The City of Mandela: Black Empowerment Activism""; ""TWO Black Empowerment and the American Political Spectrum ""; ""The American Political Spectrum and Black Empowerment""""Black Empowerment and the ""Black Body-Politic""""""Toward a New Black Agenda?""; ""THREE The Changing Black Political Agenda ""; ""Toward New Racial and Political Goals""; ""White Populism and Black Activism""; ""The Beginning of New Politics and Goals""; ""Continuing Racial Hierarchy""; ""FOUR Race and the Failure of Political Managerialism ""; ""Political Managerialism and Activism""; ""Toward Structural and Institutional Changes""; ""The Traditional Face of Black Politics""""The Progressive Face""""FIVE Black Empowerment and the Corporate Sector ""; ""SIX The Changing Black Electorate ""; ""Blacks and the Liberal and Conservative Agendas""; ""Two Kinds of Black Leaders""; ""Urban Managerialism versus Political Activism""; ""Black Political Radicalization""; ""The Plight of the Democratic Party""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""Backcover""The Politics of Black Empowerment uses the experiences of grassroots activists to develop various conceptualizations and explanations of Black political behavior today. In analyzing Black politics since the late 1960s, James Jennings focuses on both the behavioral aspects, such as individual and group characteristics of voting and nonvoting and elections, as well as more fundamental philosophical and cultural questions regarding Black politics. This study examines how the "traditional" face of Black politics and electoral activism interacts with a growing "progressive" face of Black politics. While traditional Black political activists seek access or political incorporation, another group aims for power sharing. The traditional approach is sometimes satisfied with merely replacing white politicians with Blacks, but the progressive constituency focuses on fundamentally changing the whole economic and political pie. Activists desirous of Black empowerment are pursuing a political and economic orientation that goes beyond programs based on access to American institutional arrangements and attempting to change or alter given political arrangements and social relations between Blacks and whites on the basis of changing the social structure and the distribution of wealth and power. Based on interviews with Black and Latino activists in several big cities as well as on a review of the literature and the Black newspapers around the country, The Politics of Black Empowerment describes the characteristics of Black empowerment activism in America. African American Life SeriesAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentPolitical scienceAfrican AmericansPolitics and government.Political science.323.1/196073Jennings James1949-842554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970735803321The politics of Black empowerment4353620UNINA