Black Faces in the Mirror : African Americans and Their Representatives in the U.S. Congress /

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Here, Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationshi...

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Autor principal: Tate, Katherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public opinion.
Legislators > Public opinion.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Attitudes.
African Americans.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Parlementaires noirs americains > Opinion publique.
Noirs americains > Statistiques.
Noirs americains > Attitudes.
Noirs americains > Politique et gouvernement.
Public opinion > United States.
Legislators > United States > Public opinion.
African American legislators > Public opinion.
African Americans > Statistics.
United States.
Statistics.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • I . Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Puzzle of Representation
  • II. Black Members of Congress
  • Chapter 2. Black Members of Congress
  • Chapter 3. The Elections of Blacks to Congress
  • III. Representing Black Interests
  • Chapter 4. Legislative Styles and Voting Records
  • Chapter 5. Symbols and Substance
  • IV. The View from Black Constituents
  • Chapter 6. Blacks' Evaluations of House Members: Does Race Matter?
  • Chapter 7. Descriptive Representation and Black Political Empowerment
  • Chapter 8. Descriptive Representation and Trust in Government
  • V. Conclusion
  • Chapter 9. The Future of Black Faces in the U.S. Congress
  • Appendix A. The 1996 National Black Election Study
  • Appendix B. List of Black Members of the U.S. Congress
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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