The Politics Of Democratic Inclusion

Klappentext Christina Wolbrecht is Packey J. Dee Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame. Her book! The Politics of Women's Rights: Parties! Positions! and Change! received the 2001 Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award from the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association. Rodney E. Hero is Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy in the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame! where he also serves as chair of the department. His book! Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Two-Tiered Pluralism (Temple! 1992)! received the American Political Science Association's Ralph J. Bunche Award. He also authored Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics (1998). Contributors: Kristi Andersen! Syracuse University; Peri E. Arnold! University of Notre Dame; David T. Canon! University of Wisconsin! Madison; Dennis Chong! Northwestern University; Susan E. Clarke! University of Colorado! Boulder; Patricia Conley! University of Chicago; Elizabeth F. Cohen! Syracuse University; Anne N. Costain! University of Colorado! Boulder; Paul Frymer! University of California! San Diego; Jennifer L. Hochschild! Harvard University; Michael Jones-Correa! Cornell University; Miki Caul Kittilson! University of Texas! San Antonio; Jan Leighley! Texas A&M University; George Lovell! University of Washington; Michael McCann! University of Washington; Kenneth J. Meier! Texas A&M University; Reuel Rogers! Northwestern University; Katherine Tate! University of California! Irvine; Alvin B. Tillery! University of Notre Dame! and the editors. Zusammenfassung Shows how institutions foster and hinder political participation of the underrepresented. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction! Rodney E. Hero and Christina Wolbrecht. Part One. Diversity Within and Across Groups Introduction! Alvin B. Tillery. 2. From Nominal to Ordinal: Reconceiving Racial and Ethnic Hierarchy in the United States! Jennifer Hochschild. 3. Reviving Group Consciousness! Dennis Chong and Reuel Rogers. 4. Bringing Outsiders In: Questions of Immigrant Incorporation! Michael Jones-Correa. Part Two. Introduction! Christina Wolbrecht. 5. Social Movements as Mechanisms for Political Inclusion! Anne N. Costain. 6. Race! Parties! and Democratic Inclusion! Paul Frymer. 7. Race! Ethnicity! and Electoral Mobilization! Jan E. Leighley. 8. Political Parties! Minorities! and Elected Office: Comparing Opportunities for Democratic Inclusion in the U.S. and Britain! Miki Caul Kittilson and Katherine Tate. 9. Political Institutions and Incorporation of Immigrants! Kristi Andersen and Elizabeth F. Cohen. Part Three! Governing Institutions. Introduction! Peri E. Arnold and Rodney E. Hero. 10. Splintering Citizenship and the Prospects for Democratic Inclusion! Susan Clarke. 11. School Boards and the Politics of Education Policy: Downstream Consequences of Structure! Kenneth Meier. 12. Tangled Legacy: Federal Courts! George Lovell and Michael McvCann. 13. Representation of Racial Interests! David T. Canon. 14. The American Presidency and the Politics of Democratic Inclusion! Patricia Conley. ...

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• Authors: Christina Wolbrecht, Christina (EDT)/ Hero Wolbrecht
• Assisted by: Peri E. Arnold (Editor), Rodney E. Hero (Editor), Alvin B. Tillery (Editor), Christina Wolbrecht (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2005
• EAN: 9781592133598
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-359-8
• No. of pages: 345
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education