1st Edition
Black Politics in Transition Immigration, Suburbanization, and Gentrification
Introduction. Black Politics and New Trends Candis Watts Smith and Christina M. Greer
PART I. ALL IN THE FAMILY? BLACK ETHNIC DIVERSITY
Chapter 1. Black Immigration: A Tale of Two Cities Cory Charles Gooding
Chapter 2. African American, Black Ethnic, and Dominican Political Relations in New York City Sharon Wright Austin
PART II. WHEN THE SLEEPING GIANT WAKES UP IN DIXIE: EFFECTS OF LATINO IMMIGRATION ON SOUTHERN BLACK POLITICS
Chapter 3. A Sanctuary City for Whom? Race, Immigration and the Black Public Sphere Niambi Carter
Chapter 4. Black and Latino Political Incorporation in a Southern City Andrea Benjamin
PART III. KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES: BLACK POLITICS IN THE SUBURBS
Chapter 5. The Politics of Black Suburbanization Reuel Rogers
Chapter 6. Black, Middle Class Suburbanites and the Mismeasure of Black Conservatism Ernest McGowen
PART IV. THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: RACE, REVITALIZATION, AND GENTRIFICATION
Chapter 7. When Class Trumps Race: Attitudes Toward Gentrification Jennifer Hochschild and Vesla Weaver
Chapter 8. Whites in Black Neighborhoods: Black Politics, Housing Policy, and the Racial Logic of Gentrification Sarah Mayorga-‐Gallo
Conclusion. The More Things Change… Christina M. Greer and Candis Watts Smith
Biography
Candis Watts Smith is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She also has affiliations with the Department of African and African American Diaspora Studies and Department of Political Science.
Christina M. Greer is Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Fordham University. She also has affiliations with the Urban Studies Program and American Studies Department.
Candis Smith and Christina Greer have filled a significant void. This is the first book to examine how Black migratory patterns within metropolitan regions, urban neighborhoods, and across state boundaries—combined with the influx of Blacks from Africa and the Caribbean—have transformed Black Politics. Black Politics in Transition adds new insights and theories about African American political life.
Marion Orr, Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy & Professor of Political Science, Brown University, author of Black Social Capital
Transitions are exciting, intimidating, hopeful, sad—and transformative. This book’s focus on immigration, suburbanization, and gentrification is right on the front edge of scholarship, racial and ethnic politics, and individual choice or constraint. It sets us up for the next few decades of research on race in America.
Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
