Subordination or empowerment? : African-American leadership and the struggle for urban political power / Richard A. Keiser.

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Keiser, Richard A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

142941538X
9781429415385
128052622X
9781280526220
0195360494
9780195360493

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Subordination or empowerment?.DDC classification:

303.3/089/96073 20

LOC classification:

JK1764 .K45 1997eb

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Contents:

1. Electoral competition and the emergence of political leadership -- 2. Black political subordination in Chicago -- 3. Political monopoly and the maintenance of Black subordination in Gary -- 4. Not quite brotherly love : electoral competition and the institutionalization of biracial political cooperation in Philadelphia -- 5. Political competition and Black empowerment in Atlanta, 1946-1992 -- 6. Subordination or empowerment?

Summary: Why have Blacks won political empowerment in some cities and remained subordinated in others? Through case studies of Chicago, Gary, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, Keiser argues that electoral competition among White factions has created opportunities for Black leaders to win political empowerment and avoid subordination. In the absence of electoral competiion, Black votes become superfluous and separatist, and messianic appeals from leaders like Louis Farakhan gain resonance.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.

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Why have Blacks won political empowerment in some cities and remained subordinated in others? Through case studies of Chicago, Gary, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, Keiser argues that electoral competition among White factions has created opportunities for Black leaders to win political empowerment and avoid subordination. In the absence of electoral competiion, Black votes become superfluous and separatist, and messianic appeals from leaders like Louis Farakhan gain resonance.

English.

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