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6 - Predictors of Racial Inequality in Representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2020

Brian F. Schaffner ,
Jesse H. Rhodes  and
Raymond J. La Raja
Brian F. Schaffner
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Massachusetts
Jesse H. Rhodes
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Raymond J. La Raja
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Summary

For many Americans of color, the promise of local democracy seems unfulfilled. On average, African Americans and Latinos are underrepresented descriptively on municipal councils, ideologically distant from local elected officials, and poorly represented in the overall ideological orientation of local government policy. At the same time, however, the picture is not uniformly bleak: There are perceptible differences in how well or how poorly different local governments perform in substantively representing the preferences of African American and Latino constituents.

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coincidental representationelection timingideological diversitysocioeconomic inequalityat-large electionsdescriptive representationpolicy responsiveness
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Hometown Inequality
Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics
 , pp. 131 - 163
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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