The diversity paradox parties, legislatures, and the organizational foundations of representation in America

The authors assert that representative institutions such as legislatures face a 'diversity paradox': when the size of a minority group increases beyond mere 'tokenism' in representative institutions, it tends to create an unintended backlash toward the minority group's membe...

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Main Author: Kanthak, Kristin
Other Authors: Krause, George A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2012, 2012
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