Publication

2005 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

90,000 words, Guess

Page Count

360 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005004944
  • Goodreads991212
  • LibraryThing2277657

Classifications

  • DDC352.23/216/08996073
  • LCCE185.615 .T554 2005

Description

"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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Transgressing boundaries

Other Editions

  • Double trouble: Black Mayors, black communities, and the call for a deep democracyOxford University Press2005-01-01

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