Knowledge, Power, and Black Politics

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword by Robert C. Smith
Introduction

Section I. Epistemology and Theory

1. A Frame of Reference for Black Politics

2. Scientific Method, Value Judgments, and the Black Predicament in the United States

3. NCOBPS: Twenty Years Later

4. Political Science and the Black Political Experience: Issues in Epistemology and Relevance

Section II. Black Politics: Theory and Practice

5. Black Politics: From Civil Rights to Benign Neglect

6. Black Political Empowerment in Atlanta: Myth and Reality

7. Black Mayoral Leadership in Atlanta: A Comment

8. The Voting Rights Act as an Intervention Strategy for Social Change: Symbolism or Substance

Section III. Race and Public Policy

9. The Black Underclass as Systemic Phenomenon

10. Political Philosophy and Public Assistance in Liberal Society

11. Affirmative Action: What Is the Question-Race or Oppression?

12. Racism, Multiculturalism, the Black Conservative Movement, and the Post-Civil Rights Era

13. On Display; Hypocrisy, Deceit, and Arrogance: Bush and the Invasion of Iraq

14. Contemporary International Developments and Their Implications for a Global African Community

Section IV. Commentaries and Reviews

15. The White Custodians of the Black Experience: A Reply to Rudwick and Meier

16. Limitations of the Civil Rights Philosophy and Agenda: A Different Perspective

17. Cornel West, the Insurgent Black Intellectual, Race Matters: A Critical Comment

18. Deracialization and Crossover Appeal: Routinization and Depreciation of Black Political Participation

Index