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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2023
      November 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009349833
      9781009349819
      9781009349802
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009349833
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.55kg, 266 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.42kg, 266 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    Latin American legislators, like legislators worldwide, are drawn from a narrow set of elites who are largely out of touch with average citizens. Despite comprising the vast majority of the labor force, working-class people represent a small slice of the legislature. Working Class Inclusion examines how the near exclusion of working-class citizens from legislatures affects citizens' evaluations of government. Combining surveys from across Latin America with novel data on legislators' class backgrounds and experiments from Argentina and Mexico, the book demonstrates voters want more workers in office, and when combined with policy representation, the presence of working-class legislators improves citizens' evaluations of government. Absent policy representation, however, workers are met with distrust and backlash. Chapters show citizens have many opportunities to learn about the presence, or absence, of workers; and the relationship between working-class representation and evaluations of government is strongest among citizens who are aware of legislators' class status.

    Awards

    Co-Winner, 2024 Class and Inequality Best Book Award, American Political Science Association

    Winner, 2024 Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize, Legislative Studies Section, American Political Science Association

    Reviews

    ‘A major landmark for the study of labour politics.’

    Christopher Chambers-Ju Source: Journal of Latin American Studies

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