Hanes Walton, Jr.: Architect of the Black Science of Politics

Smith, Robert C.

Hanes Walton Jr.  (1941-2013) was a pioneering and prolific scholar of African American politics, and the architect of the modern scientific study of the subject.The first person to earn a PhD in political science from Howard University, Walton devoted his career to laying the intellectual foundations in his writings, and lobbying for the establishment of black politics as a subfield in political science. This study comprehensively analyses Walton’s corpus, while providing a history of the development of the study of black politics in political science. It concludes with an analysis of how the subfield has evolved since Walton’s pioneering work.

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Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2018-03-22

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319755700

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75571-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 92