TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillespie,Andra
TI  - The new Black politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America 
SN  - 9780814732441 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - 002 F 144 B724G 2012
U1  - 974.9/044092 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Booker, Cory.
KW  - African American mayors
KW  - New Jersey
KW  - Newark
KW  - Biography
KW  - Mayors
KW  - Election
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Post-racialism
KW  - United States
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - Political entrepreneurship
KW  - Newark (N.J.)
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -