Affirmative Advocacy Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics

Name: Affirmative Advocacy Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics
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ISBN: 9780226777412

ISBN-10: 0226777413

ISBN-13: 9780226777412

Edition: 2007

Authors: Dara Z. Strolovitch

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The United States boasts scores of organizations that offer crucial representation for groups that are marginalized in national politics, from women to racial minorities to the poor. Here, in the first systematic study of these organizations, Dara Z. Strolovitch explores the challenges and opportunities they face in the new millennium, as waning legal discrimination coincides with increasing political and economic inequalitieswithinthe populations they represent. Drawing on rich new data from a survey of 286 organizations and interviews with forty officials, Strolovitch finds thatnbsp;groups too often prioritize the interests of their most advantaged members: male rather than female racial…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Abbreviations and Acronyms


List of Cases


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Closer to a Pluralist Heaven?



Intersectionality and Representation



Trickle-Down Representation?



Tyranny of the Minority? Institutional Targets and Advocacy Strategies



Coalition and Collaboration among Advocacy Organizations



Conclusion: Affirmative Advocacy



Study Design: Methodology and Data Collection



Survey Questionnaire



Interview Protocol


Notes


Bibliography


Index