Counting on the census? : race, group identity, and the evasion of politics /

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In Counting on the Census? Peter Skerry confirms the persistence of minority undercounts and insists that racial and ethnic data are critical to the administration of policies affecting minorities. [from publisher's advertisement].

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Skerry, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race.
Group identity > United States.
Census.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Censuses
Racial Groups
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Recensement.
Répartition des sièges > États-Unis.
census records.
race (group of people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Apportionment (Election law)
Census
Group identity
Race
Ethnische Identität
Politisches System
Volkszählung
Volkstellingen.
Etnische minderheden.
Representativiteit.
Politieke aspecten.
Discrimination raciale > Politique publique > États-Unis.
Minorités > Etats-Unis > Méthodes statistiques.
United States > Census.
États-Unis > Recensement.
United States
USA
Census data
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Census politics : boundaries and bureaucracies
  • Creating racial and ethnic categories
  • The undercount : some causes and proposed remedies
  • The politics of census adjustment
  • The census in the new American political system
  • Conclusion.

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