TY - BOOK AU - Gillespie,Andra ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - The new Black politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and post-racial America AV - F144.N653 B664 2012 U1 - 974.9/044092B 23 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 KW - Electronic books 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; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=865521 ER -