America''s Uneven Democracy - Race, Turnout, and Representation in City Politics

Informationen zum Autor Dr Zoltan Hajnal is currently Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Changing White Attitudes Toward Black Leadership (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and his articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, and numerous other journals, edited volumes, and newspaper editorial pages. He was also the winner of the Best Paper in Urban Politics Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Klappentext This book demonstrates that low and uneven voter turnout leads to disadvantages for racial and ethnic minorities and proposes a practical and cost-effective solution to the problem. Zusammenfassung By offering a systematic account of how and where voter turnout matters in local politics! this book confirms long held suspicions about the under-representation of minorities and proposes a practical and cost-effective solution to the problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the vote and democracy; 1. Where turnout should matter; 2. Turnout could matter at the local level; 3. Winners and losers in mayoral elections; 4. Turnout and representation on city councils; 5. Turnout and local government spending priorities; 6. Raising voter turnout; 7. The benefits of expanded participation; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Zoltan Hajnal, Zoltan L. Hajnal
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521137508
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13750-8
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Constitution: government and the state