The radical imagination of Black women : ambition, politics, and power /
"The Radical Imagination of Black Women: Ambition, Politics, and Power explores how elite Black women decide to seek political office. Despite their marginalized existence, Black women engage in robust political participation that includes seeking elected office. Utilizing interviews of Black w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The Radical Imagination of Black Women: Ambition, Politics, and Power explores how elite Black women decide to seek political office. Despite their marginalized existence, Black women engage in robust political participation that includes seeking elected office. Utilizing interviews of Black women who currently or have served in office and focus group data of Black women, the manuscript bridges the literatures of ambition theory and marginalization through a theory referred to as “ambition on the margins.” Black women's resistance to marginalization informs us about the conditions that shape Black women and their political socialization, while ambition theory helps us understand what they do in response to marginalization. The socialization process fosters the decision-making process of Black women. This framework moves the extant literature beyond the premise that the political ambition of Black women is less than white women or men. Political science's approach to ambition negates and disregards mechanisms beyond voting that Black women often engage in, such as doing political work through community and civic organizations. That data provided from interviews reveal the complex dynamics that contribute to the nuanced process that Black women emerge as candidates and engage as politicians"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197650820 0197650821 9780197650813 0197650813 9780197650837 019765083X |