This is the only full-length study to examine how different electoral systems impact the election of women and minorities to public office in the United States. Rule and Zimmerman have brought together leading scholars to show how different systems affect local, state, and national elections. Important demographic changes, new opportunities, and formidable problems are underscored in analyses of the effects of, among many other things, cumulative voting, judicial election systems, multimember and single-member districts, and reapportionment. This study is unusual in combining an overall analysis of electoral systems and case material with proposals for making government more representative, inclusive, and responsive. Criteria are provided for evaluating the equity of electoral systems. The election of women and minorities to Congress is reviewed carefully, and options for increasing this direct representation of minorities and women are considered. Case studies describe legislative elections in several states. In-depth studies deal with local elections, cumulative and limited voting systems, alternative judicial electoral systems, and proportional representation. Academics and professionals who study political parties and electoral systems, minority politics, and women's studies will find this work to be intriguing and important.
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“The editors have compiled an informative collection of studies by political scientists from across the country that detail the obstacles commonly blocking the path of non-traditional candidates at all levels of government.”–WLW Journal
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WILMA RULE is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.
JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany.
JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany.
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Unrepresentative governing bodies have long been a problem in the United States, with blacks and women having been the most grossly underrepresented group. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
community school board elections, black congresspersons, southern city councils, women elected officials, women state legislators, multimember legislative districts, minority women candidates, various electoral systems, legislative recruitment, representational equity, federated city, multimember districts, women legislators, minority vote dilution, populous jurisdictions, congressional success, cumulative voting, voter hostility, legislative opportunity, electing women, recruitment opportunity, individualistic states, electoral structure, district electoral system, substantive representation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, House of Representatives, Social Science Quarterly, New Mexico, Susan Welch, Western Political Quarterly, Wilma Rule, Voting Rights Act, House of Delegates, American Indian, Bernard Grofman, Robert Darcy, Florida State Legislature, Janet Clark, Journal of Politics, Arizona State Legislature, City Court, North Carolina, American Political Science Association, Chilton County Board of Education, Chilton County Commission, Impact of At-Large Elections, Juvenile Court, Minority Vote Dilution, Multi-Member Districts New!
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community school board elections, black congresspersons, southern city councils, women elected officials, women state legislators, multimember legislative districts, minority women candidates, various electoral systems, legislative recruitment, representational equity, federated city, multimember districts, women legislators, minority vote dilution, populous jurisdictions, congressional success, cumulative voting, voter hostility, legislative opportunity, electing women, recruitment opportunity, individualistic states, electoral structure, district electoral system, substantive representation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, House of Representatives, Social Science Quarterly, New Mexico, Susan Welch, Western Political Quarterly, Wilma Rule, Voting Rights Act, House of Delegates, American Indian, Bernard Grofman, Robert Darcy, Florida State Legislature, Janet Clark, Journal of Politics, Arizona State Legislature, City Court, North Carolina, American Political Science Association, Chilton County Board of Education, Chilton County Commission, Impact of At-Large Elections, Juvenile Court, Minority Vote Dilution, Multi-Member Districts New!
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- Women, Elections, and Representation (Second Edition, Revised) (Women and Politics) by R. Darcy on 12 pages
- Women as Candidates in American Politics, Second Edition by Susan J. Carroll on 9 pages
- Social Science by Clark on 8 pages
- Minority Vote Dilution by Chandler Davidson on 6 pages
- Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences (Agathon Series on Representation) by Bernard Grofman on 6 pages
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- Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Contributions in Political Science) by Joseph F. Zimmerman on 10 pages
- Voice, Trust, and Memory by Melissa S. Williams on 6 pages
- Voting Rights and Redistricting in the United States (Contributions in Political Science) by Mark E. Rush on 4 pages
- Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Government? by Stephen J. Wayne on page 80, and page 81
- Comparing Democracies 2: New Challenges in the Study of Elections and Voting by Lawrence LeDuc in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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