LEADER 04797nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910825485003321 005 20230126205139.0 010 $a0-8147-3868-0 010 $a0-8147-3869-9 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814738689 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177908 035 $a(EBL)865521 035 $a(OCoLC)793193044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000657637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11384827 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000657637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680542 035 $a(PQKB)11137717 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000373882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865521 035 $a(OCoLC)793207528 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19859 035 $a(DE-B1597)547236 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814738689 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865521 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555034 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177908 100 $a20111220d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe new Black politician$b[electronic resource] $eCory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America /$fAndra Gillespie 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-3245-3 311 $a0-8147-3244-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aAt the beginning of the Twenty-First Century, a vanguard of young, affluent black leadership has emerged, often clashing with older generations of black leadership for power. The 2002 Newark mayoral race, which featured a contentious battle between the young black challenger Cory Booker and the more established black incumbent Sharpe James, was one of a series of contests in which young, well-educated, moderate black politicians challenged civil rights veterans for power. In The New Black Politician, Andra Gillespie uses Newark as a case study to explain the breakdown of racial unity in black politics, describing how black political entrepreneurs build the political alliances that allow them to be more diversely established with the electorate. Based on rich ethnographic data from six years of intense and ongoing research, Gillespie shows that while both poor and affluent blacks pay lip service to racial cohesion and to continuing the goals of the Civil Rights Movement, the reality is that both groups harbor different visions of how to achieve those goals and what those goals will look like once achieved. This, she argues, leads to class conflict and a very public breakdown in black political unity, providing further evidence of the futility of identifying a single cadre of leadership for black communities. Full of provocative interviews with many of the key players in Newark, including Cory Booker himself, this book provides an on the ground understanding of contemporary Black and mayoral politics. 606 $aAfrican American mayors$zNew Jersey$zNewark$vBiography 606 $aMayors$zNew Jersey$zNewark$xElection 606 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government$vCase studies 606 $aPost-racialism$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aPolitical entrepreneurship$zUnited States$vCase studies 607 $aNewark (N.J.)$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aNewark (N.J.)$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$vCase studies 615 0$aAfrican American mayors 615 0$aMayors$xElection. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPost-racialism 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aPolitical entrepreneurship 676 $a974.9/044092 676 $aB 700 $aGillespie$b Andra$01627287 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825485003321 996 $aThe new Black politician$93963805 997 $aUNINA