{"product_id":"charting-the-range-of-black-politics-9781412849395","title":"Charting the Range of Black Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe election of 2008 brought onto the national stage complexitiesarising when the member of a minority group assumes power over national political institutions. It also underlined the limits placed on that power by the double accountability such a figure faces. The question posed in this volume of the \u003cem\u003eNPSR\u003c\/em\u003e is: Might the ascendancy of President Obama lead to a deracialization of American politics or its opposite?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributions to this volume\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexamine this question in a variety of ways. David Wilson and Khalilah Brown-Dean analyze black attitudes towards the candidates for the Democratic Party nomination in the presidential race of 2008. Lorenzo Morris asks how perceptions of race have defined expectations of the African American ambassadors to the United Nations. Horace Bartilow and Kihong Eom use a game theoretic approach to examine US drug strategies in the Caribbean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA works-in-progress section follows with personal reflections by Michael C. Dawson and Andra Gillespe. They relate how personal concerns and curiosities guide their research. A book review section provides a discussion about works of interest to scholars studying black politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitchell, Michael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412849395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.30d","brand":"Michael Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32748752666699,"sku":"9781412849395","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_24400f1a-c9c2-4048-b451-7ce464d8cca5.jpg?v=1597772922","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/charting-the-range-of-black-politics-9781412849395","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}