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BL
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1039085
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b793455
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Griffin, John David,1968-
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| Title & Author
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Minority report : : evaluating political equality in America /\ John D. Griffin and Brian Newman.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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American politics and political economy
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226308693
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: 1281957011
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: 6611957014
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: 9780226308692
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: 9781281957016
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: 9786611957018
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0226308677
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0226308685
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9780226308678
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9780226308685
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
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| Contents
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Minority groups and political equality in America -- Which groups govern? -- Differences in political preferences and priorities -- Differences in policy representation -- Differences in legislative representation -- Pluralism and political representation -- Descriptive representation and political equality -- The rewards of voting -- Conclusion: The future of political (in)equality.
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| Abstract
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Are the views of Latinos and African Americans underrepresented in our federal government? For that matter, what does it mean to be represented equitably? Rather than taking for granted a single answer to these complex questions, John Griffin and Brian Newman use different measures of political equality to reveal which groups get what they want from government and what factors lead to their successes. One of the first books to compare the representation of both African Americans and Latinos to that of whites, Minority Report shows that congressional decisions and federal policy tend to mirror.
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Cultural pluralism-- United States.
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Minorities-- Political activity-- United States.
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Political participation-- United States.
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Proportional representation-- United States.
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Representative government and representation-- United States.
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Cultural pluralism.
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Minorities-- Political activity.
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Political participation.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Politics and government.
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Proportional representation.
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Race relations.
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Representative government and representation.
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Social conditions.
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United States, Politics and government.
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United States, Race relations.
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United States, Social conditions.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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323/.042080973
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| LC Classification
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JK1764.G743 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Newman, Brian,1975-
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