Overview

This edited collection describes and discusses the advances of African Americans since the 1960s in the context of political philosophy, specifically, utilitarian liberalism revisited as 1980s and 1990s conservatism. Identifying the basic assumptions of utilitarian liberalism with respect to governance and representation, it uses these constructs to explain public policy outcomes in African-American communities. The three core themes are: governance and the role of the state; African American responses and strategies for empowerment; and policy adjustments of the state. It is a major contribution to the discourse on a problem central to contemporary public policy debate: the appropriate role of government in the regulation of public and private behavior to achieve a balance between freedom and justice.

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Author:   Melane N. Jackson ,  Marilyn Lashley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780313288807

ISBN 10:   0313288801
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   29 September 1994
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Theory and Concepts Introduction by N. Jackson and M. Lashley The Liberal State: What Retreat? An Examination of Philosophical Ambivalence and Continuity in Perspectives and Treatment of African Americans in the U.S. Political System by N. Jackson Mythologies of ""Cultural Politics"" and the Discreet Charm of the Black Petite Bourgeoisie by A. Reed Culture as Human Capital: Methodological and Policy Implications by R. Williams African-American Empowerment Strategies and Responses Reclaiming the State: Representative Government and Public Policy Access by M. Lashley Who Represents the People? African Americans, Public Policy and Political Alienation during the Reagan-Bush Years by C. Herring Governmental Retreat, the Dispossessed and the Politics of Black Self-reliant Development in the Age of Reaganism by F. Hayes We Have Come This Far by Our Own Hands: A Tradition of Black Self-Help and Black Philanthropy, and the Growth of Corporate Philanthropic Giving to African Americans by M. Darling The State Reinvents Itself Discrimination in Mortgage Lending Markets as Rational Economic Behavior: Theory, Evidence and Public Policy by W. Jackson Black Mecca Reconsidered: An Analysis of Atlanta's Post-Civil Rights Political Economy by C. Barnes The Impact of Affirmative Policy on Correcting the Market Failures of Racial Discrimination: Are African Americans Better Off? by M. Lashley"

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... much-needed critique of the liberal state's machinations, machinations that until now have been thought to be the result of manipultaion by interest groups or elites. What this collection does, and does very well, is demystify two notions that have dominated public policy literature until now: that the problems of blacks were somehow due to African American culture and that traditional social welfare programs will solve the persisting poverty plaguing the black community. -Perspectives On Political Science ?...much-needed critique of the liberal state's machinations, machinations that until now have been thought to be the result of manipultaion by interest groups or elites. What this collection does, and does very well, is demystify two notions that have dominated public policy literature until now: that the problems of blacks were somehow due to African American culture and that traditional social welfare programs will solve the persisting poverty plaguing the black community.?-Perspectives On Political Science .,. much-needed critique of the liberal state's machinations, machinations that until now have been thought to be the result of manipultaion by interest groups or elites. What this collection does, and does very well, is demystify two notions that have dominated public policy literature until now: that the problems of blacks were somehow due to African American culture and that traditional social welfare programs will solve the persisting poverty plaguing the black community. -Perspectives On Political Science

.,. much-needed critique of the liberal state's machinations, machinations that until now have been thought to be the result of manipultaion by interest groups or elites. What this collection does, and does very well, is demystify two notions that have dominated public policy literature until now: that the problems of blacks were somehow due to African American culture and that traditional social welfare programs will solve the persisting poverty plaguing the black community. -Perspectives On Political Science

Author Information

MARILYN E. LASHLEY is an Assistant Professor in the Afro-American Studies Program at the University of Maryland at College Park. She is the author of Public Television: Panacea, Pork Barrel, or Public Trust? and several journal articles. MELANIE NJERI JACKSON is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her publications include Achieving Sex Equality for Minority Women in Susan Klun (ed.), Handbook for Achieving Sex Equality through Higher Education.

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