Ethnic Studies Review
Orginal Publication Date
2008
Journal Title
Ethnic Studies Review
Volume
31
Issue
esr/vol31/iss2
First Page
204
Last Page
206
Abstract
In Double Trouble, Thompson wrestles with the conflict of the viability of Black elected officials successfully leading major U.S. cities and remaining accountable to the "Black poor." Thompson asserts the strategy of deep pluralism... "how marginal groups are to achieve power in competitive struggles with other groups while still striving for a politics of common good."1 The work provides a wealth of knowledge concerning inner city politics since the civil rights movement and deftly outlines the problems, such as white flight, federal dispersion of funds, and the depoliticizing of grassroots organizing, that have developed for Black mayors and working class communities. Double Trouble, however, raises essential questions which are never adequately addressed by the autho
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