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Book SynopsisWith the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice? Is government intervention no longer required? This book offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America.
Trade Review"Brooks's informative work elaborates, compares, contrasts, and critiques the four major contemporary civil rights theories--'traditionalism,' 'reformism,' 'limited separation,' and 'critical race theory'--with attention to diversity within each perspective... [B]rooks provides readers with a valuable road map to navigate a very complex theoretical terrain."--Choice "Racial Justice in the Age of Obama provides an excellent, balanced summary, critique, and synthesis of the central approaches to racial justice as well as creative proposals--which are informed by each of the four approaches--for alleviating the internal and external problems that sustain the disparate resources between whites and blacks in the US. Brooks' book would fit well in courses on race and civil rights in political science, sociology, and African American Studies at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as in related law school seminars."--Daniel N. Lipson, Law and Politics Book Review "Brooks's book ... contributes mightily to the ongoing discussions and debates about what such a theory should look like."--Andrew Valls, Political Science Quarterly
Table of ContentsPreface: The Age of Obama ix Acknowledgments xxi CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2: Traditionalism 14 CHAPTER 3: Reformism 35 CHAPTER 4: Limited Separation 63 CHAPTER 5: Critical Race Theory 89 EPILOGUE: Toward the "Best" Post-Civil Rights Theory 109 APPENDIX 125 Notes 183 Bibliography 211 Index 225
