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Lester K. Spence, The Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics, Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, Volume 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, pages 139-159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10999949.2012.763682

Abstract
The neoliberal turn arguably has a powerful effect on black political ideas, black political practices, and black life in general; the nature of this effect has gone under-examined. In this work I seek to rectify this gap by examining neoliberal governmentality as it appears in black communities. The result should deepen our understanding of class politics within racially subjugated communities, and should push us to consider a much wider range of phenomenon when examining the way resources are distributed within already resource-poor black communities.

Keywords
black politics,
governmentality,
neoliberalism

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