Representation of minority groups in the U.S: implications for the twenty-first century

Abstract

1 Preface 2 Acknowledgments 3 Minority Representation in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction 4 African American Representation in Congress, Then and Now 5 The Institutional Roles of Women Serving in Congress: 1960-2000 6 An Analysis of Descriptive and Substantive Latino Representation in Congress 7 The Representation of Asian Americans in the U.S. Political System 8 American Indian Representation in the 20th and 21st Centuries 9 Voters, Non-Voters and Minority Representation 10 The Effects of Redistricting on the Underrepresented 11 Black State Legislators: A Case Study of North Carolina and Maryland 12 A Wave of Change: Women in State and Local Governments 13 New Black Women in the Old White Confederacy: An Analyses of Occupational Status in State and Local Government 14 Representative Government and Affirmative Action in Mississippi: An Oxymoron in the Making? 15 Legislative Collaboration and Descriptive Representation 16 Representation of Minorities in the Next Century