Hometown Inequality: Race, Class, and Representation in American Local Politics

ISBN-13: 9781108725378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str.

Brian F. Schaffner; Jesse H. Rhodes; Raymond J. La Raja

Opis

Using big data, this book reveals stark racial and class inequalities in representation in local governments across the United States.

Recenzje

'Hometown Inequality provides an authoritative assessment of representational inequalities in local governments. It finds that local governments do not adequately represent the poor and racial minorities. It also raises a number of ideas to rejuvenate local democracy. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in democratic politics in the United States and how we can make it work better.' Christopher Warshaw, Department of Political Science, George Washington University

Spis treści

1. Race, class, and representation in local government; 2. Studying inequality in representation in local government: a new approach; 3. Municipal politics as sites of racial and class contention; 4. Local political participation, municipal elections, and the prospects for representation in local government; 5. Racial inequality in representation on municipal councils and in policy; 6. Predictors of racial inequality in representation; 7. Economic inequality in representation on municipal councils and in policy; 8. Predictors of economic inequality in representation; 9. Race, class, and representation in local politics; Bibliography; Index.