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1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Good times and bad : trends in the economic, social, and political conditions of African Americans in the post-civil rights era -- Studying group activism : toward a macro approach to Black civic participation -- Echoes of Black civic activism : historical foundations and longitudinal considerations -- Shifting forces : modeling changes in post-civil rights Black activism -- From margin to center : bringing structural forces into focus in the analysis of black activism. |
| Summary |
In this study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political participation -- United States.
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Political participation. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Politics and government.
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African Americans -- Politics and government. |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sinclair-Chapman, Valeria, 1969-
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McKenzie, Brian D., 1971-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Fredrick C., 1962- Countervailing forces in African-American civic activism, 1973-1994. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521849365 0521614139 (DLC) 2005004573 (OCoLC)58043307 |
| ISBN |
0511137362 (electronic book) |
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9780511137365 (electronic book) |
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9780511610745 (electronic book) |
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0511610742 (electronic book) |
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9786610431519 |
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6610431515 |
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0521849365 (Cloth) |
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0521614139 (paperback) |
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9780521849364 |
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9780521614139 |
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