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Diversity in Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics)
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Paperback. Offering an overview of minority representation, this title examines several aspects of representation, including both Latino and African American perspectives, and a range of topics, ranging from the dynamics of partisanship to various groups' perceptions of the political system. It reveals the American representative democracy. Editor(s): Segura, Gary M.; Bowler, Shaun. Num Pages: 328 pages, 39 tables, 2 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
As the racial and ethnic minority population of the United States grows past 30 percent, candidates cannot afford to ignore the minority vote. The studies collected in ""Diversity in Democracy"" show that political scientists, too, must fully recognize the significance of minority-representation studies for our understanding of the electoral process in general. If anything has limited such inquiry in the past, it has been the tendency for researchers to address only a single group or problem, yielding little that can be applied to other contexts. ""Diversity in Democracy"" avoids this limitation by examining several aspects of representation, including both Latino ... Read more
As the racial and ethnic minority population of the United States grows past 30 percent, candidates cannot afford to ignore the minority vote. The studies collected in ""Diversity in Democracy"" show that political scientists, too, must fully recognize the significance of minority-representation studies for our understanding of the electoral process in general. If anything has limited such inquiry in the past, it has been the tendency for researchers to address only a single group or problem, yielding little that can be applied to other contexts. ""Diversity in Democracy"" avoids this limitation by examining several aspects of representation, including both Latino ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923383
SKU
V9780813923383
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Ref
99-27
About
Gary M. Segura, whose work has appeared in numerous periodicals, is Associate Professor of American Politics at the University of Washington. Shaun Bowler is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside, and the coauthor, with Todd Donovan, of Reforming the Republic: Democratic Institutions for the New America.
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