Congress in black and white race and representation in Washington and at home /

"Race matters in Congress. This book argues that although electing black legislators yields meaningful outcomes in the lives of African-American voters in the United States, drawing affirmative action districts does not impact policy outcomes for black constituents"--

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Egile nagusia: Grose, Christian R.
Erakunde egilea: ebrary, Inc
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
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Argitaratua: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Sarrera elektronikoa:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. African-American legislators, African-American districts, or democrats?; 2. A unified theory of African-American representation in Congress; 3. The "hollow hope" of civil rights change in the US House; 4. Location, location, location: delivering constituency service to African-Americans; 5. Constituency service in the district: connecting black legislators, black staff, and black voters; 6. Bringing home the bacon: delivering federal "pork" to African-Americans; 7. The future of racial redistricting: black decisive districts.