Title The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	pt. 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.
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Subject	Booker, Cory.
	Booker, Cory.
	African American mayors -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.
	African American mayors.
	New Jersey -- Newark.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Mayors -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Election.
	Mayors.
	Newark (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
	Newark (N.J.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 21st century.
	African Americans -- Politics and government -- Case studies.
	African Americans -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form	Case studies.
Subject	Post-racialism -- United States -- Case studies.
	Post-racialism.
	United States.
	Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- Case studies.
	Elite (Social sciences)
	Political entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies.
	Political entrepreneurship.
	United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- Case studies.
	Race relations.
Chronological Term	2000 - 2099
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Biographies.
	Case studies.
Other Form:	Print version: Gillespie, Andra. New Black politician. New York : New York University Press, ©2012 9780814732441 (DLC) 2011051072 (OCoLC)756592628
ISBN	9780814738689 (electronic book)
	0814738680 (electronic book)
	9780814738696 (electronic book)
	0814738699 (electronic book)
	9780814732441
	0814732445

Title The new Black politician : Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America / Andra Gillespie.

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