Add to ORKGBook synopsis: The Congressional Black Caucus has grown both in size and in prominence in its short lifetime. Robert Singh considers the actual impact of the CBC on public policy in this new volume for the Contemporary American Politics series. Singh argues that while the CBC forcefully articulates the concerns of African Americans, it has not only proven an ineffective interest lobby for their issues, but has become increasingly irrelevant as a labor union for its own members. Drawing on extensive data, The Congressional Black Caucus provides the first coherent and balanced overview of both the electoral and institutional forces, which together shape the CBCÆs fortunes. The Congressional Black Caucus will be of considerable interest to sch...
On a daily basis, black legislators, like all legislators, are faced with competing demands for thei...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...
The thesis examines the work of Black Representatives in the United States Congress, with specific r...
The interests of African Americans are underrepresented in Congress. The Congressional Black Caucus ...
Taking charge: Black electoral success and the In the 32 years since the passage of the 1965 Voting ...
The establishment of the Congressional Black Caucus in the United States Congress, in 1971, inaugura...
This dissertation develops a new perspective on descriptive and substantive representation based on ...
This dissertation develops a new perspective on descriptive and substantive representation based on ...
My research project consisted of examining 200 bills sponsored by six African American members of Co...
Each year federal bureaucracies are given broad authority by Congress to implement public policies t...
Roll-call votes of African American representatives are explored to discern more explicitly the ideo...
The primary goal of this research is to use the concept of race representation to better understand ...
Each year federal bureaucracies are given broad authority by Congress to implement public policies t...
The topic of race, redistricting, and minority representation in Congress has emerged as one of the ...
On a daily basis, black legislators, like all legislators, are faced with competing demands for thei...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...
The thesis examines the work of Black Representatives in the United States Congress, with specific r...
The interests of African Americans are underrepresented in Congress. The Congressional Black Caucus ...
Taking charge: Black electoral success and the In the 32 years since the passage of the 1965 Voting ...
The establishment of the Congressional Black Caucus in the United States Congress, in 1971, inaugura...
This dissertation develops a new perspective on descriptive and substantive representation based on ...
This dissertation develops a new perspective on descriptive and substantive representation based on ...
My research project consisted of examining 200 bills sponsored by six African American members of Co...
Each year federal bureaucracies are given broad authority by Congress to implement public policies t...
Roll-call votes of African American representatives are explored to discern more explicitly the ideo...
The primary goal of this research is to use the concept of race representation to better understand ...
Each year federal bureaucracies are given broad authority by Congress to implement public policies t...
The topic of race, redistricting, and minority representation in Congress has emerged as one of the ...
On a daily basis, black legislators, like all legislators, are faced with competing demands for thei...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...
This study presents a political model which suggests that monopoly legislators form cartel-like orga...