The diversity paradox : political parties, legislatures, and the organizational foundations of representation in America / Kristin Kanthak and George A. Krause
- Author:
- Kanthak, Kristin
- Published:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2012
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Krause, George A., 1965-
- Contents:
- Preface -- Diversity dilemmas in democratic representation -- Internal valuation within political organizations: political parties and gender-based group dynamics in the U.S. House of Representatives -- A unified theory of colleague valuation in political organizations -- Testing the unified theory of colleague valuation in the U.S. House of Representatives -- Coordination dilemmas and the critical mass problem: differentiating colleague valuation between incumbents and challengers in the U.S. Senate -- Can organizational mechanisms solve minority group coordination problems? logic, lessons, and evidence from legislative caucuses in the American states -- The organizational foundations of democratic representation.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780199891726
0199891729
9780199891740 (pbk.)
0199891745 (pbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.
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