Countervailing forces in African-American civic activism, 1973-1994 /
In this study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In this study assessing black civic participation after the civil rights movement, Fredrick C. Harris, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman and Brian D. McKenzie demonstrate that the changes in black activism since the civil rights movement is characterized by a tug-of-war between black political power on one side and economic conditions in black communities on the other. As blacks gain greater access and influence within the political system, black participation in political activities increases while downward turns in the economic conditions of black communities produce less civic involvement in black communities. Examining changes in black activism from the early 1970s to the 1990s, this tug-of-war demonstrates that the quest for black political empowerment and the realities of economic and social life act as countervailing forces, in which negative economic and social conditions in black communities weaken the capacity of blacks to organize so that their political voices can be heard. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511137362 9780511137365 9780511610745 0511610742 9786610431519 6610431515 1107153328 9781107153325 1280431512 9781280431517 0511183569 9780511183560 0511201575 9780511201578 0511311737 9780511311734 |
