From winning elections to influencing policy
Subtitle: the electoral-policy link for minority voters
By: Liza Abram Benham.
Series: Law and society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781593322748
Subjects: African Americans -- Politics and government; Apportionment (Election law) -- United States; African Americans -- Suffrage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Minorities under majority rule; title: The tortured past of the African American vote; title: Reconceptualizing minority voting and its policy impact; title: A test of minority policy responsiveness : data and methods; title: Representation and policy responsiveness : a results test; title: Conclusion : toward an immigrant-friendly city.