Nonprofit Organizations as Political Actors

Avenues for Minority Political Incorporation1

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ID4904022
AuthorsRichard C Hula (0000-0003-3519-387X, Urban Institute), Cynthia Jackson‐elmoore (Michigan State University)
Year2001
Volume18
Issue4
Pages27-51
Publication date2001-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2001.tb00205.x
OpenAlexW2165995598
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited35

Contemporary urban politics in the United States provides a fascinating paradox.One can point to the dramatic electoral success of minority politicians, particularly African-American politicians in the nation's cities.Certainly the changing electoral fortunes of minority leaders and the raised political expectation those successes created are well documented.Excepting southern cities during the Reconstruction period, no major city in the nation had elected an African-American mayor prior to 1967.Following successful campaigns by Carl Stokes in Cleveland and Richard Hatcher in Gary in the late 1960's, African-Americans came to dominate the political apparatus of many large American cities.All 50 of the nation's largest cities with a strong mayor system and with at least a 40 percent African-American population have now elected at least one Ahcan-American mayor.Typically this type of success extends to other elective offices such as the city council and who01 board (Pohlman, 1993).Yet many argue that the policy ou:L.c)iliesresulting from that success are, at best, very modest.The apparent lack of clear policy payoffs led to questions about the capacity of local minority leadership to direct fundamental social and economic change.Indeed, some argue that the level of incapacity is so profound that capturing local political institutions is an "empty prize'' (Frisema, 1969)

Policy studies · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Social policy · Sociology · Urban politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Work

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