Although low voter turnout in national elections has garnered considerable attention and
concern, much lower turnout in municipal elections has often been largely ignored. Using a …

There is a widespread concern that imbalances in voter turnout across race and class have
led to biased outcomes in American democracy. Yet empirical tests have generally found …

This is the first systematic study of the politics of" second generation discrimination" against
Hispanic students. Despite the fact that Hispanics are the second largest and fastest growing …

Scholars continue to debate the degree to which electoral institutions matter for
representation. The literature predicts that minorities benefit from districts while women …

Political scientists have long been interested in the link between election structures and the
representation of interest. Here we examine one such link, that between local election …

This research examines the relationship between Hispanic representation on school boards
and public policy outputs that affect Hispanic students. Using a data set of 35 large urban …

Why Aren't They There? is a comprehensive study of political representation in a cross-
national format, making a cross-country comparison of the representation of women, ethnic …

Representation scholars link descriptive representation of blacks and Latinos in legislative
bodies to substantive policy representation. We examine this relationship on local school …

Using data on representation and voting in the US Congress from 1972to 1980, the authors
examine the impact of Hispanic constituencies and Hispanic representatives on roll call …

This paper compares the levels of ethnic group representation in parliament in 95 democ
racies. The analyses are comparative in nature, breaking with the literature where single …