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Double trouble : black Mayors, black communities, and the call for a deep democracy / J. Phillip Thompson, III.
- Title
- Double trouble : black Mayors, black communities, and the call for a deep democracy / J. Phillip Thompson, III.
- Author
- Thompson, J. Phillip.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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- Description
- xvii, 338 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "J. Phillip Thompson III, an insider in the Dinkins administration, provides the first in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. This unique work opens a window on the oft-shuttered inner dynamics of black politics. In his highly original treatment of the last thirty years in post-civil rights progressive social change, Thompson offers a powerful argument that the best way to broaden democracy in to practice it internally."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Transgressing boundaries
- Subject
- Dinkins, David N
- African Americans > Politics and government
- African American mayors
- Municipal government > United States
- Cultural pluralism > United States
- Political participation > United States
- Power (Social sciences) > United States
- Social change > United States
- Democracy > United States
- United States > Political aspects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-326) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- PART I: BLACK MAYORS AND THE QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY: Introduction: Black mayors and social change -- "The dirty little secret" of Black politics -- Acquiring, building, and sustaining power : Black civic organizations in urban democracy -- Race and interracial coalitions -- PART II: THE DINKINS EXPERIENCE: "Cursed by factions and feuds" : Black factionalism and the structure of New York City government -- "Set up a think tank" : a Black mayor's accountability to the Black community : the case of David Dinkins -- Race, class, and ideology in a New York mayoral election -- Conclusion: From conflict to transformation.
- ISBN
- 0195177339 (acid-free paper)
- 9780195177336 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2005004944
- OCLC
- 58432104
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library