LEADER 04050nam 22007452 450 001 9910458972703321 005 20160418143356.0 010 $a1-107-22080-7 010 $a1-139-01247-9 010 $a1-283-01599-4 010 $a9786613015990 010 $a1-139-01168-5 010 $a1-139-01194-4 010 $a1-139-01115-4 010 $a1-139-01088-3 010 $a0-511-97682-8 010 $a1-139-01141-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000061394 035 $a(EBL)667616 035 $a(OCoLC)707068374 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000467933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12140875 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10490808 035 $a(PQKB)10346763 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511976827 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC667616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL667616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452906 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL301599 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000061394 100 $a20101012d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCongress in black and white $erace and representation in Washington and at home /$fChristian R. Grose$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-17701-4 311 $a1-107-00351-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. African-American legislators, African-American districts, or democrats?; 2. A unified theory of African-American representation in Congress; 3. The "hollow hope" of civil rights change in the US House; 4. Location, location, location: delivering constituency service to African-Americans; 5. Constituency service in the district: connecting black legislators, black staff, and black voters; 6. Bringing home the bacon: delivering federal "pork" to African-Americans; 7. The future of racial redistricting: black decisive districts. 330 $aThe symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and presents a unified theory of representation. Electing African-American legislators yields more federal dollars and congressional attention directed toward African-American voters. However, race and affirmative action gerrymandering have no impact on public policy passed in Congress. Grose is the first to examine a natural experiment and exceptional moment in history in which black legislators - especially in the U.S. South - represented districts with a majority of white constituents. This is the first systematic examination of the effect of a legislator's race above and beyond the effect of constituency racial characteristics. Grose offers policy prescriptions, including the suggestion that voting rights advocates, the courts, and redistricters draw 'black decisive districts', electorally competitive districts that are likely to elect African Americans. 517 3 $aCongress in Black & White 606 $aAfrican American legislators 606 $aGerrymandering$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xGovernment policy 606 $aCivil rights$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUnited States 615 0$aAfrican American legislators. 615 0$aGerrymandering 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aCivil rights$xGovernment policy 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 676 $a328.730089/96073 700 $aGrose$b Christian R.$01050646 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458972703321 996 $aCongress in black and white$92480590 997 $aUNINA