The Effect of Minority Districts and Minority Representation on Political Participation in California
Author: Claudine Gay
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1582130302
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Author: Claudine Gay
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1582130302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States Commission on Civil Rights. California Advisory Committee
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 176
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gary M. Segura
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2006-08-14
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780813923383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the racial and ethnic minority populations of the United States grow past 30 percent, candidates cannot afford to ignore the minority vote. The studies collected in Diversity and 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 and African American perspectives, and a wide range of topics, ranging from the dynamics of partisanship to various groups' perceptions of the political system. The result is a work that pulls together decades of disparate work into a broad and cohesive overview of minority representation. The most significant conclusion to emerge from this multifaceted examination is the overwhelming importance of context. There is no single strategic key, but taken together, these studies begin to map the strategies, institutions, and contexts that enhance or limit minority representation. In navigating the complexities of minority politics, moreover, the book reveals much about American representative democracy that pertains to all of us. Contributors Susan A. Banducci, Texas Tech University * Matt A. Barreto, University of California, Irvine * Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside * Todd Donovan, Western Washington University * Luis Ricardo Fraga, Stanford University * F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico * Elisabeth R. Gerber, University of Michigan * Stacy B. Gordon, University of Nevada, Reno * Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine * Zoltan L. Hajnal, University of California, San Diego * Sarah Harsh, Fleishman Hillard * Rodney E. Hero, University of Notre Dame * Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside * Jeffrey A. Karp, Texas Tech University * Hugh Louch, Cambridge Systematics * Stephen P. Nicholson, Georgia State University * Adrian D. Pantoja, Arizona State University * Gary M. Segura, University of Iowa * Katherine Tate, University of California, Irvine * Caroline J. Tolbert, Kent State University * Carole J. Uhlaner, University of California, Irvine * Nathan D. Woods, Welch Consulting
Author: Ricardo Ramirez
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Florence Adams
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-24
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1317776291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines trends in Voting Rights Act enforcement and the results for Latino representation. The focus is on local governments of the West and Southwest: some of the communities examined, Latino population is increasing rapidly, often to majority status; and in others, white suburban development is outnumbering, sometimes displacing Latinos. In both situations, district lines can decide the future political power of Latinos and non-Latinos alike. The local distributing process, which has never been studied in depth, is shown to be reshaping the political and racial landscape. This study looks behind legal and theoretical formulations to the realities of local districtings and redistrictings. The author, who participated as principal cartographer in the jurisdictions that are discussed, explores the decisions involved in reflecting rapid population change, the dangers of drawing districts without attention to the vitality of local organization, the problems of displacing incumbents, the unforeseen consequences of district designs, the difficulty of predicting outcomes, and the many ethical dilemmas of line-drawing. In several jurisdictions, Latinos are nearing majority status: Do concepts such as the majority-minority district and single-member districts remain relevant there? Are concerns for African American representation in southern states, which have guided so much voting rights enforcement, truly relevant to western and southwestern politics? What are the actual results--in terms of the numbers of Latinos elected--of voting rights litigation? Such questions are discussed against the backdrop of actual line-drawings, but in such a way as to contribute to voting rights theory.
Author: Jack Citrin
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 1582130620
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Published: 2001
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Zoltan Hajnal
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 85
ISBN-13: 1582130337
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Zoltan Hajnal
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Published: 2001-10-01
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781582130378
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