In the past, African American aspirations for political offi ce
were assumed to be limited to areas with sizeable black population
bases. By and large, black candidates have rarely been successful
in statewide or national elections. This has been attributed to
several factors: limited resources available to African American
candidates, or identifi cation with a black liberationist
ideological thrust. Other factors have been a relatively small and
spatially concentrated primary support base of black voters, and
the persistent resistance of many white voters to support black
candidates. For these reasons, the possibility of black candidates
winning elections to national offi ce was presumably just a dream.
Conventional wisdom conceded a virtual cap on both the possible
number of black elected officials and the level of elective offi ce
to which they could ascend. But objective political analysis has
not always made sufficient allowances for the more universal
phenomenon of individual political ambitions. Th e contributors to
this volume explore the ways ambitious individuals identifi ed and
seized upon strategies that are expanding the boundaries of African
American electoral politics. This volume is anchored by a symposium
that focuses on new possibiities in African American politics. Both
the electoral contests of 2006 and the Barack Obama presidential
campaign represent an emergent dynamic in American electoral
politics. Analysts are beginning to agree that the contours of
social change now make the electoral successes of black candidates
who are perceived as ideologically and culturally mainstream
increasingly likely. The debate captured in this volume will likely
inspire further scholarly inquiry into the changing nature and
dimensions of the larger dynamic of race in American politics and
the subsequent changing political fortunes of African American
candidates.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
National Political Science Review Series |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Georgia A. Persons
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
284 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-51952-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-51952-9 |
Barcode: |
9781138519527 |
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