Stirrings in the jug : Black politics in the post-segregation era

Skeptical of received wisdom, Reed casts a critical eye on political trends in the black community over the past thirty years. He examines the rise of a new black political class in the aftermath of the civil rights era, and bluntly denounces black leadership that is not accountable to a black constituency; such leadership, he says, functions as a proxy for white elites. Reed debunks as myths the 'endangered black male" and the "black underclass, " and punctures what he views as the exaggeration and self-deception surrounding the black power movement and the Malcolm X revival. He chastises the Left, too, for its failure to develop an alternative politics, then lays out a practical leftist agenda and reasserts the centrality of political action. The Jug And Its Content : A Perspective On Black American Political Development -- The Black Revolution And The Reconstitution Of Domination -- The Black Urban Regime : Structural Origins And Constraints -- Sources Of Demobilization In The New Black Political Regime : Incorporation, Ideological Capitulation, And Radical Failure In The Post-segregation Era -- A Critique Of Neoprogressivism In Theorizing About Local Development Policy : A Case From Atlanta -- The Underclass As Myth And Symbol : The Poverty Of Discourse About Poverty -- The Allure Of Malcolm X And The Changing Character Of Black Politics. Adolph Reed Jr. ; Foreword By Julian Bond. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-287) And Index. The jug and its content: a perspective on Black American political development -- The "Black revolution" and the reconstitution of domination -- The black urban regime: structural origins and constraints -- Sources on demobilization in the new Black political regime: incorporation, ideological capitulation, and radical failure in the post-segregation era -- A critique of neoprogressivism in theorizing about local development policy: a case from Atlanta -- The "underclass" as myth and symbol: the poverty of discourse about poverty -- The allure of Malcolm X and the changing character of Black politics. In Stirrings In The Jug, Reed Offers A Sweeping And Incisive Analysis Of Racial Politics During The Post-civil Rights Era.'