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Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics

Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics

Burns, Peter F.

Paperback

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 079146654X
ISBN13: 9780791466544
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jun 1 2006
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.06 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Examines how and why government leaders understand and respond to African Americans and Latinos in northeastern cities with strong political traditions.

Focusing on four medium-sized northeastern cities with strong political traditions, Electoral Politics Is Not Enough analyzes conditions under which white leaders respond to and understand minority interests. Peter F. Burns argues that conventional explanations, including the size of the minority electorate, the socioeconomic status of the citizenry, and the percentage of minority elected officials do not account for variations in white leaders' understanding of and receptiveness toward African American and Latino interests. Drawing upon interviews with more than 200 white and minority local leaders, and through analysis of local education and public safety policies, he finds that unconventional channels, namely neighborhood groups and community-based organizations, strongly influence the representation of minority interests.

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