Title: Who gets represented? /
Authors: Enns, Peter; Wlezien, Christopher
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Majorities.; Social classes Political aspects.; Representative government and representation
Contents: Group opinion and the study of representation / Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien -- part I: Group opinions. Introduction / Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien -- Assessing the ethnic and racial diversity of American public opinion / Marisa Abrajano and Keith T. Poole -- United we divide? : education, income, and heterogeneity in mass partisan polarization / Christopher Ellis and Joseph Daniel Ura -- The political geography of party resurgence / David A. Hopkins and Laura Stoker -- Get government out of it : heterogeneity of government skepticism and its connection to economic interests and policy preferences / Katherine Cramer Walsh -- part II: Policy representation. Introduction / Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien -- Segmented representation : the Reagan White House and disproportionate responsiveness / James N. Druckman and Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Whose statehouse democracy? : policy responsiveness to poor versus rich constituents in poor versus rich states / Elizabeth Rigby and Gerald C. Wright -- How poorly are the poor represented in the U.S. Senate? / Yosef Bhatti and Robert S. Erikson -- Policy consequences of representational inequality / Martin Gilens -- Inequality in policy responsiveness? / Christopher Wlezien and Stuart N. Soroka -- Who do parties represent? / Wesley Hussey and John Zaller -- part III: On inequality in political representation. The issues in representation / James A. Stimson -- Epilogue : Final thoughts on who gets represented / Peter K. Enns and Christopher Wlezien.