Publication

2004-01-05 - Princeton University Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100691117861
  • ISBN-139780691117867
  • Goodreads1384012
  • OCLC Control Number53389803
  • Better World Books9780691117867
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCE185.615
  • LCCE185.615 .T37 2004
  • DDC328.73/0089/96073
and 1 more
  • LCCE185.615 .T37 2003

Description

"Katherine Tate examines the significance of race in the U.S. system of representative democracy for African Americans. Presenting important new findings, she offers the first empirical study to take up the question of representation from both sides of the constituent-representative relationship.". "The first half of the book examines whether black members of the U.S. House legislate and represent their constituents differently than white members do. Representation is broadly conceptualized to include not only legislators' roll call voting behavior and bill sponsorship, but also the symbolic acts in which they engage. The second half looks at the issue of representation from the perspective of ordinary African Americans based on a landmark national survey."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS, democracy meant rule by the common people.

Excerpt

TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS, democracy meant rule by the common people.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Black Faces in the Mirror: African Americans and Their Representatives in the U.S. CongressPaperbackPrinceton University Press2004-01-05

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