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"Combines original survey experiments from Argentina and Mexico with national surveys from 18 Latin American countries to examine how the near exclusion of working-class citizens from legislatures affects citizens' evaluations of government. The book's findings demonstrate that voters want more workers in office"--
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. A Theory of Working-Class Inclusion; 3. Do Voters Want to Be Represented by Workers?; 4. Will Any Worker Do? The Role of Policy in Linking Workers' Presence to Evaluations of Representatives; 5. Will Any Worker Do? Linking Parties to Workers in Argentina and Mexico; 6. How Do Voters Know Workers Are in Office? Political Incentives, Journalistic Dissemination, and People's Ability to Intuit Class; 7. How Do Voters Know Workers Are in Office? Interest in Politics, News Consumption, and Evaluations of Institutions; 8. Conclusion.
About the author
Tiffany D. Barnes is a Professor of Political Science at University of Kentucky. Her first book, Gendering Legislative Behavior: Institutional Constraints and Collaboration (2016), won the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association in 2017.Yann P. Kerevel is Associate Professor of Political Science at Louisiana State University. He has published numerous articles in Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Latin American Politics & Society, among others.Gregory W. Saxton is a Senior Lecturer at Texas Tech University. His research appears in Governance, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Policy, Latin American Politics and Society, and Politics, Groups, and Identities, among others.
Summary
Combines original survey experiments from Argentina and Mexico with national surveys from 18 Latin American countries to examine how the near exclusion of working-class citizens from legislatures affects citizens' evaluations of government. The book's findings demonstrate that voters want more workers in office.
Foreword
Leverages experiments and cross-national surveys from Latin America to examine the impacts of working-class underrepresentation in government.
