Table of Contents

List of Contributors.
Foreword.
Deracialization Reconsidered: Theorizing Targeted Universalistic Urban Politics.
Chapter 1 Political Transformation in Providence: The Election of Mayor Angel Taveras.
Chapter 2 Constructing a Moderate Multiracial Coalition in “America’s Most Diverse City”: Kevin Johnson and Coalition Politics in Sacramento.
Chapter 3 Beyond Booker: Assessing the Prospects of Black and Latino Mayoral Contenders in Newark, New Jersey.
Chapter 4 “Showing his Color”: Mark Mallory’s Racial Distinctiveness as Seen Through Media Representations.
Chapter 5 Asian American Politics in Oakland: The Rise of Mayor Jean Quan.
Chapter 6 The Mile High Difference: Examining the Impact of Political and Institutional Context on the Electoral Strategies Pursued by Minority Mayors in Denver, and the Impacts of Those Strategies on Minority Communities.
Chapter 7 Michael Coleman: The Midwestern Middleman.
Chapter 8 Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, and the Politics of Race.
Chapter 9 Balancing Act: Racial Empowerment and the Dual Expectations of Jack Ford in Toledo, Ohio.
Chapter 10 ‘The Last Black Mayor of Atlanta?.
Chapter 11 The Election of the First African American Female Mayor in Georgia’s First City: The Long Struggle for African American Empowerment in Savannah.
Chapter 12 Buffalo, New York: A Discussion of Mayor Brown’s Leadership.
Chapter 13 From Fenty to Gray: The Salience of Urban Gentrification, Black Politics, and Substantive Representation in Washington, DC’s 2010 Mayoral Elections.
Epilogue: Future Prospects for Targeted Universalism.
21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities as Universal Interests.
Research in race and ethnic relations.
Research in race and ethnic relations.
Copyright page.
Dedication.
Dedication.
Acknowledgments.

About the Author

Perry, Dr R - Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA