Electoral structure and urban policy
Subtitle: the impact on Mexican American communities
By: J.L. Polinard ... [et al.].
Contributors: Polinard, Jerry L.
Series: Bureaucracies, public administration, and public policy
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Armonk, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Local elections -- Texas.; School elections -- Texas.; Representative government and representation -- Texas.; Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Politics and government.
Description: "This book examines how electoral structure, representation styles, and policy outputs affect the urban Mexican American community in Texas. In so doing, it makes a major contribution to the larger study of minority politics in the context of urban electoral and political structures."--BOOK JACKET. "The work combines two rich research traditions: case study analysis and aggregate data analysis. For the case studies, ten Texas cities are examined. Varying in total population, each has a Mexican American population of at least 18 percent. Aggregate data comes from a variety of sources, including surveys of city clerks and of mayors and council members in more than 100 cities as well as from EEO reports, city records, and litigation files."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.