Format:
1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:
9780739138120
Content:
Flak-Catchers explores the ways in which riot commissions-the institutional bodies appointed by an executive in the aftermath of a race riot to determine a riot timeline, investigate causes, and offer prescriptions for change-have dealt with racial violence in the United States over the last century. In studying five American riots and their commissions this book shows that riot commissions only serve to give the appearance of strong and responsive government action during uncertain times. They primarily benefit the instituting body by focusing on a restoration of law and order while undermining any larger civil rights message.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- 1 -- Introduction -- 2 -- Commission Politics -- 3 -- Research Design -- 4 -- The 1919 Chicago Riot and the Chicago Commission -- 5 -- The 1935 Harlem Riot and the Harlem Commission -- 6 -- The 1965 Los Angeles Riot and the McCone Commission -- 7 -- The 1967 USA Riots and the Kerner Commission -- 8 -- The 1992 Los Angeles Riot and the Assembly Special Committee, Senate Special Task Force, Presidential Task Force, and the Webster-Williams Commission -- 9 -- The Changing Nature of Riot Commission Politics in the Post-Kerner Commission Years -- 10 -- Conclusion -- Archive Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780739138106
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780739138106
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=662346
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