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1 online resource |
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Intro; Half Title; Acknowledgements; Title Page; Copyright Page; Brief Contents; Detailed Contents; Illustration List; Illustration List; Illustration List; Illustration List; Preface; About the Author; Publisher Note; 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 |
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Chapter 6 Minority Representation and the Judicial BranchChapter 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; Index |
| Summary |
Minorities and Representation in American Politics is the first book of its kind to examine underrepresented minorities with a framework based on four types of representation-descriptive, formalistic, symbolic, and substantive. Through this lens, author Rebekah Herrick looks at race, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities not in isolation but synthesized within every chapter. This enables readers to better recognize both the similarities and differences of groups' underrepresentation. Herrick also applies her unique and constructive approach to intergroup cooperation and intersectionality, high |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 26, 2021) |
| Subject |
Political participation -- United States
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Representative government and representation -- United States
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Minorities -- Political activity -- United States
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Sexual minorities -- Political activity -- United States
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Women -- Political activity -- United States
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Minorities -- Political activity
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Political participation
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Representative government and representation
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Sexual minorities -- Political activity
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Women -- Political activity
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LGBTQ+ people.
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Intersectionality.
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LGBTQ+ activism.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Herrick, Rebekah
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| ISBN |
9781483386843 |
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1483386848 |
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1483386821 |
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9781071800775 |
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1071800779 |
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9781483386829 |
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