Politics in Black and White : : Race and Power in Los Angeles / / Raphael J. Sonenshein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Sonenshein, Raphael J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book reaches deep into the past of the city of Los Angeles and carries through to the dramatic events that have recently received global attention--the Rodney King beating and the uprising in South Central L.A. Tracing the evolution of an extraordinary biracial coalition in Los Angeles behind Mayor Tom Bradley, Raphael Sonenshein shows how "crossover" politics and racial violence coexist in urban America. While challenging the prevailing pessimism about biracial coalitions in general, he also compares their relative successes in Los Angeles to their disheartening failures in New York City. What emerges is a probing look at a crucial issue of politics in the United States: can whites and minorities find common ground?

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE: BACKGROUND -- ONE. OVERVIEW: BIRACIAL COALITION POLITICS -- TWO. MINORITIES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY: 1781-1960 -- THREE. FIRST VICTORIES: 1960-1963 -- PART TWO: THE ROAD TO POWER -- FOUR. THE ROOTS OF BIRACIAL POLITICS: THE TENTH DISTRICT -- FIVE. RACE, IDEOLOGY, AND THE FORMATION OF A NEW CITYWIDE COALITION -- SIX. THE 1969 MAYORAL CRUSADE -- SEVEN. BIRACIAL VICTORY: THE 1973 MAYORAL ELECTION -- EIGHT. FACTIONAL CONFLICTS AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF BIRACIAL POWER -- PART THREE: THE COALITION IN POWER -- NINE. POLITICAL CHANGE: POWER SHIFTS -- TEN. ECONOMIC CHANGE: A MIXED RECORD -- ELEVEN. POLITICAL HEGEMONY: 1973-1985 -- TWELVE. THE BREAKDOWN OF CONSENSUS: 1985-1990 -- THIRTEEN. THE RODNEY KING CASE AND LOS ANGELES COALITION POLITICS -- PART FOUR: ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS -- FOURTEEN. BIRACIAL COALITION POLITICS IN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK CITY -- FIFTEEN. MULTIRACIAL COALITIONS IN THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES: POLITICS BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE -- SIXTEEN. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: TOWARD A NEW CONTRACT FOR BIRACIAL POLITICS -- AFTERWORD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX