Caribbeanization of Black Politics

Sharon D. Wright Austin is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Florida. She is the author of The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta, also published by SUNY Press.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An Overview of the book1. Political Participation, Group Consciousness, and the Minority Group Model2. Politics in the New Boston: The Majority-Minority Challenge to the Yankee-Irish Political Hegemony3. Chicago Politics: Black Participation and the Need for a Progressive Coalition4. Moderate and Fragmented Black Political Incorporation in Miami-Dade County5. Black Political Emergence in New York City: The Quest for African American, West Indian, and Haitian Unity6. Understanding the Implications of Black Political CaribbeanizationAppendix 1.1Demographic and Citizenship Questions for RespondentsAppendix 1.2Political Participation QuestionsNotesBibliographyIndex

"The greatest contribution of this book is its analysis of black ethnics in a diverse geographic space. Moving beyond the New York City lens to Boston, Chicago, and Miami is something that has never been done in political science. This book is incredibly important." — Christina M. Greer, author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream