{"product_id":"knowledge-power-and-black-politics-mack-h-jones-9781438449081","title":"Knowledge, Power, and Black Politics: Collected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevelops an alternative framework for describing and explaining African American politics and the American political system and applies it to a number of case studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew scholars have influenced the development of the study of black politics as much as Mack H. Jones. Through his writings one can trace the emergence, evolution, and maturation of the scientific study of the field. \u003ci\u003eKnowledge, Power, and Black Politics\u003c\/i\u003e brings together difficult-to-find and out-of-print essays by this important figure. In the first part of this volume Jones demonstrates how American social science creates a misleading caricature of African American life, one that can only lead to misguided public policies. He offers an alternative frame of reference, the dominant-subordinate group model, and argues that it offers greater descriptive insights and prescriptive utility for those interested in understanding politics internal to the African American community. The framework established in the first section is used to examine a broad range of topics such as the history of black politics from the period of enslavement to the modern era and the dynamics of the civil rights movement, as well as a range of contentious public policy issues, including public welfare, affirmative action, the black underclass, racism and multiculturalism, the black conservative movement, deracialization, presidential politics, and US foreign policy toward developing countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mack H. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438449089\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438449081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 7.47w x 0.78d","brand":"Mack H. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439139827967,"sku":"9781438449081","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56d3b925-7ec1-4414-889d-860635017988.jpg?v=1777175696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knowledge-power-and-black-politics-mack-h-jones-9781438449081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}