{"product_id":"contours-of-african-american-politics-volume-3-into-the-future-the-demise-of-african-american-politics-9781412851701","title":"Contours of African American Politics: Volume 3, Into the Future: The Demise of African American Politics?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContours of African American Politics\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the systematic study of African American politics and its subsequent recognition as an established field of scholarly inquiry. African American politics emanates from the demands of the prolonged struggle for black liberation and empowerment. Hence, the study of African American politics has sought to track, codify, and analyze the struggle that has been mounted, and to understand the historic and changing political status of African Americans within American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe notion of a post-racial America is one that was birthed by the election of Barack Obama as the first African American president of the United States. However, another reality is equally compelling: that for some time now, many African American aspirants for elective office have run against race-specific issues, putting individual desires to win office above the conventionally defined collective interests of black folk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClearly, the Obama presidential election crystallized a complexity of change that had been underway in America prior to his election. Indeed, did the Obama election signal the end of black politics? Does race remain a useful construct for framing the collective interests of African Americans? Volume III of \u003cem\u003eContours of African American Politics\u003c\/em\u003e examines all of these questions in an effort to understand the more poignant question of the future of that which we have known as black politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Persons, Georgia A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412851701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.48d","brand":"Georgia A. Persons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32748752732235,"sku":"9781412851701","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_579a29ac-94f1-4327-a499-100ff9c889ef.jpg?v=1597772924","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/contours-of-african-american-politics-volume-3-into-the-future-the-demise-of-african-american-politics-9781412851701","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}