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

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.
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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.