Black Faces in the Mirror

African Americans and Their Representatives in the U.S. Congress

Katherine Tate (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2002
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-09155-6 (ISBN)

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An examination of the significance of race in the US system of representative democracy for African Americans. The text presents important findings, and offers an empirical study which takes up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship.

Here, Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship. The first half of the book examines whether black members of the U.S. Congress represent their constituents differently than white members do. The second half looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans based on a landmark national survey. These findings are sure to generate controversy, particularly as debate commences over renewing the Voting Rights Act, which is set to expire in 2007.

Katherine Tate is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of From Protest to Politics and coauthor of African Americans and the American Political System.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.12.2002
Zusatzinfo	35 tables. 1 halftone. 6 line illus.
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-691-09155-2 / 0691091552
ISBN-13	978-0-691-09155-6 / 9780691091556
Zustand	Neuware