Cities, Mayors, and Race Relations Task Forces as Agents of Race-Based Policy Innovations

by Middleton, Richard T., IV; Winston, Judith A.

• ISBN13: 9780761841098
• ISBN10: 0761841091
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-28
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Cities, Mayors, and Race Relations analyzes the politics behind improving race relations in local communities through the use of mayoral task forces. By investigating three communities with unique cultural, social, economic, and racial characteristics, author Richard T. Middleton provides insight into why some communities are more likely to realize success in influencing policy makers to adopt policy innovations aimed at improving race relations than are others. This book chronicles how political culture, level of racial threat, factors central to task force formation, and staffing affect the likelihood that mayoral leadership and use of government organized nongovernmental organizations will persuade local level actors to adopt policies aimed at improving race relations. To study this phenomenon, Cities, Mayors, and Race Relations focuses on three cities: Madison, Wisconsin, Columbia, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri.

Author Biography

Richard T. Middleton IV is assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Factors Affecting Race-Based Policy Innovations	p. 15
Research Approach	p. 33
Madison, Wisconsin Mayor's Race Relations Task Force	p. 61
Columbia, Missouri Mayor's Race Relations Task Force	p. 89
Kansas City, Missouri Mayor's Race Relations Task Force	p. 123
Analysis of Findings Across Cases	p. 153
Task Forces as Agents of Policy Innovations- Analysis and Conclusions	p. 165
Index	p. 177
About the Author	p. 179
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