Hometown Inequality - Brian F Schaffner

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Résumé :
Using big data, this book reveals stark racial and class inequalities in representation in local governments across the United States.

Biographie:
Brian F. Schaffner is the Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts University. He is co-author Campaign Finance and Political Polarization: When Purists Prevail, which was the winner of the 2016 Virginia Gray Best Book Award. He is also co-editor of Winning with Words: The Origins & Impact of Political Framing?and co-author of?Understanding Political Science Research Methods: The Challenge of Inference. His research has appeared in more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and has received over dollars2 million in external grant funding.

Sommaire:
1. Race, class, and representation in local government; 2. Studying inequality in representation in local government: a new approach; 3. Municipal politics as sites of racial and class contention; 4. Local political participation, municipal elections, and the prospects for representation in local government; 5. Racial inequality in representation on municipal councils and in policy; 6. Predictors of racial inequality in representation; 7. Economic inequality in representation on municipal councils and in policy; 8. Predictors of economic inequality in representation; 9. Race, class, and representation in local politics; Bibliography; Index.