Who Counts
Subtitle: The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications; Russell Sage Foundation
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780871542564
Subjects: Population & demography; Statistics; History; Census And General Statistics; United States; Social Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Methodology; Demography; Census; United States; Bureau of the Census; Census undercounts
Description: "Who Counts? offers a detailed review of the preparation, implementation, and aftermath of the last three censuses. It recounts the growing criticisms of inaccuracy and undercounting, and the work to develop new enumeration strategies."--BOOK JACKET.

"Who Counts? concludes with a discussion of the proposed census design for 2000, as well as the implications of population counts on the composition and size of Congress. This volume reveals in extraordinary detail the interplay of law, politics, and science that propel the ongoing census debate, a debate whose outcome will have tremendous impact on the distribution of political power and economic resources among the nation's communities."--BOOK JACKET.