Title: The hard count : the political and social challenges of census mobilization /
Authors: Hillygus, D. Sunshine
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation,
Year: 2006
Subjects: United States Census, 2000.; United States Census History.; United States Population History.; United States Census.; United States Census, 2000.
Abstract: "American democracy relies on an accurate census to fairly allocate political representation and billions of dollars in federal funds. Declining participation in previous censuses and a general waning of civic engagement in society raised the possibility that the 2000 count would miss many Americans - disproportionately ethnic and racial minorities - depriving them of their share of influence in American society and yielding an unfair distribution of federal resources. Faced with this possibility, the Census Bureau launched a massive mobilization campaign to encourage Americans to complete and return their census forms. In The Hard Count, former Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt, D. Sunshine Hillygus, Norman H.
Contents: The social context and the political climate -- The civic mobilization campaign -- Privacy concerns and census cooperation -- Census cooperation : community and household -- Conclusions and consequences.