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Black Representation and Urban Policy (Hardcover)
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Black Representation and Urban Policy (Hardcover)
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Recent years have witnessed a dramatic growth in the number of
black elected officials. Although blacks still constitute barely 1
percent of elected officeholders in the nation, their increasing
political power cannot be denied. In "Black Representation and
Urban Policy," Albert K. Karnig and Susan Welch focus on the
election of blacks to mayoral and city council seats, using the
most current data available on more than 250 cities. They address
two major questions: What conditions promote blacks' chances of
winning election to public office? Does the election of blacks to
municipal office have an effect on urban policy?
In exploring the factors that underlie the election of blacks to
public office, the authors found that the resources of the black
community itself--the size as well as the education and income of
the black population--are the best predictors of blacks' winning
political office. The authors' assessment of the impact of black
elected officials on urban policy constitutes perhaps their most
profoundly important finding. Cities with black mayors have had
greater increases in social welfare expenditures than have similar
communities without black mayors. The authors point out that
election of blacks to mayoral posts, then, can have more than
symbolic consequences for public policy.
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