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Groundbreaking research on Black political participation and urban race relations on both sides of the Atlantic.
Winner of the 2000 Best Book on Comparative Racial and Ethnic Politics Presented by the American Political Science Association, Section of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
This first comprehensive comparative study of Black politics focuses on American and British settings-Boston and Liverpool. The author argues that Black communities on both sides of the Atlantic face a host of social, economic, and political constraints produced by hierarchical racial systems that promote White dominance and Black subordination.
Built on a strong historical foundation and on interviews with over 150 political activists, academicians, politicians, and public administrators, this study examines some of the most important issues in the field of urban politics: the mobilization of bias in the political system, race and class constraints on the exercise of political influence, the impact of racial and political ideologies on the external policy environment, dilemmas associated with the mobilization of minority leadership, Black electoral strategies and political participation, the social consequences of urban regeneration, urban riots, school desegregation, the development of effective Black political resources, and conflict and cooperation in the internal politics of the Black community.
"This is a pioneering book. It offers an innovative conceptualization using new and different data and a longitudinal perspective. It thinks about racial politics in a bold and different way. A landmark study." — Hanes Walton Jr., author of Invisible Politics: Black Political Behavior
"An intellectual triumph! The author offers a very refreshing approach to Black politics. The interviews on both sides of the Atlantic are outstanding. I know Boston best and Nelson's understanding of city politics is remarkable. I learned much from reading this book." — Wilbur C. Rich, coeditor of Governing Middle-Sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership
List of Illustrations
Foreword by James Jennings
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Black Atlantic Politics
Chapter 1. The Black Atlantic: Race and Local Politics
Chapter 2. Boston and Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities
Part Two: Black Politics in Boston
Chapter 3. Boston: City Governance and Black Political Empowerment
Chapter 4. Black Political Linkage: The Search for Alternative Sources of Power
Chapter 5. Boston: Strategic Dimensions of Black Politics
Chapter 6. Resource Mobilization and Black Political Linkage
Part Three: Black Politics in Liverpool
Chapter 7. Liverpool: Local Governance and Black Political Empowerment
Chapter 8. The Toxteth Riots and the Race Policy Agenda
Chapter 9. Liverpool: Political Strategies and Political Empowerment
Chapter 10. Linkage Politics and Political Resources
Part Four: Comparative Racial Politics
Chapter 11. Boston and Liverpool: The Comparative Context of Black Politics
Notes
Index