The Legacy of Adolph Reed, Jr.'s "Black Urban Regime". (September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bennett, Larry
• Is Part Of: Labor studies journal. Volume 41:Number 3(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 256
• Page End: 259
• Publication Date: 2016-09
• Subjects: urban regimes -- regime theory -- African-American municipal officeholders -- progressive local urban policy -- neoliberal local urban policy; Industrial relations -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.1177/0160449X16652305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0160-449X

Abstract

Adolph Reed's extended essay, "The Black Urban Regime: Structural Origins and Constraints, " was a provocative and insightful examination of the first generation of African-American municipal officials in major American cities. The criteria articulated by Reed in assessing the policy record of that group of black mayors, council-members, and leading administrators have retained their applicability in the face of contemporary efforts to shape and execute progressive local policy.