| Stirrings in the Jug: Black Politics in the Post-Segregation Era Contributor(s): Reed Jr, Adolph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816626812 ISBN-13: 9780816626816 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $27.23 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Skeptical of received wisdom, Reed casts a critical eye on political trends in the black community over the past thirty years. He examines the rise of a new black political class in the aftermath of the civil rights era, and bluntly denounces black leadership that is not accountable to a black constituency; such leadership, he says, functions as a proxy for white elites. Reed debunks as myths the 'endangered black male" and the "black underclass, " and punctures what he views as the exaggeration and self-deception surrounding the black power movement and the Malcolm X revival. He chastises the Left, too, for its failure to develop an alternative politics, then lays out a practical leftist agenda and reasserts the centrality of political action. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 324.089 |
| LCCN: 99027301 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.92" W x 9.01" (0.91 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |