Double trouble

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: African American mayors,  African Americans,  Democracy,  Municipal government,  Pluralism (Social sciences),  Political aspects,  Political participation,  Politics and government,  Power (Social sciences),  Race relations,  Social change,  Cultural pluralism,  African americans, politics and government,  United states, race relations,  Dinkins, david n,  African americans--politics and government,  Municipal government--united states,  Cultural pluralism--united states,  Political participation--united states,  Power (social sciences)--united states,  Social change--united states,  Democracy--united states,  Race relations--political aspects,  E185.615 .t554 2006,  352.23/216/08996073

People: David N. Dinkins

Places: United States