Shaw Now Is the Time!

Detroit Black Politics and Grassroots Activism
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9095-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten

Reihe: e-Duke books scholarly collection

Examines African American grassroots activism in Detroit from 1973 to the present.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shaw, Todd C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. The Right Tactic, Time, and Place 1

Part I. From Black Politics to Grassroots Protest

1. Making Black Activism Matter 13

Part II. Black Grassroots Activism and Accountability in Detroit, 1933–1993

2. Where are the People? Early Black Housing Poverty and Grassroots Activism 39

3. Trading Activism: The Young Regime and the Context of Black Politics 64

4. Picking Up Spears: The Timing and Utility of Renewed Activism 85

5. Holding Them Responsible: Community Development Activism 106

6. Now Is the Time!: Public Housing and Anti-Homelessness Activism 133

Part III. Black Grassroots Activism after Young and beyond Detroit, 1993–2005

7. A Change is Gonna Come? The Archer Regime and Housing Politics beyond Detroit 163

Epilogue. More than a Drop: The Visions of Black Grassroots Activism 191

Appendix 1 197

Appendix 2 201

Notes 209

Bibliography 245

Index 279

Über Autor(innen)

Todd Shaw is Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina.