Minorities and Representation in American Politics.

COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- DETAILED CONTENTS -- LIST OF SPOTLIGHTS, TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- CHAPTER 1 - MINORITIES AND REPRESENTATION -- CHAPTER 2 - DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION AND MINORITIES: LEGISLATURES AND OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICES -- CHAPTER 3 - MINORITIES AND FORMALISTIC REPRESENTATION: LAWS, INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, AND ELECTIONS -- CHAPTER 4 - POLICY REPRESENTATION AND MINORITIES IN LEGISLATURES -- CHAPTER 5 - MINORITIES AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION -- CHAPTER 6 - MINORITY REPRESENTATION AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH -- CHAPTER 7 - REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY -- CHAPTER 8 - PUBLIC OPINION AND MINORITY INTERESTS -- CHAPTER 9 - MINORITY GROUPS AND POLITICAL RESOURCES -- CHAPTER 10 - ACCULTURATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, AND COHESION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH SHARED MINORITY STATUS -- CHAPTER 11 - MINORITIES AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION -- CHAPTER 12 - MINORITY MOVEMENTS AND INTEREST GROUPS -- CHAPTER 13 - MULTIMINORITY COALITIONS AND THE FUTURE OF MINORITY REPRESENTATION -- GLOSSARY -- NOTES -- INDEX.

The first book of its kind to examine race, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities revealing the similarities and differences of groups' underrepresentation.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.