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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| African-American Legislators, African-American Districts, or Democrats? | |
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| Summary of Book's Argument and Findings | |
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| The Book's Roadmap | |
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| A Unified Theory of African-American Representation in Congress | |
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| The Unified Theory of African-American Representation in Congress | |
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| Three Competing Theories of Racial Representation in Congress | |
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| Racial Trust between Black Voters and Black Legislators | |
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| Congressional Decision Making, Political Parties, and Race | |
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| Electoral Coalitions, Turnout, and Substantive Representation | |
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| Black Faces, White Districts: The Supreme Court and Racial Redistricting | |
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| White Legislators and Black-Influence Districts | |
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| Why No One Has Examined Both a Legislator's Race and a District's Black Population | |
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| The �Hollow Hope� of Civil Rights Change in the U.S. House | |
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| Perverse Effects, Beneficial Effects, or Minimal Effects? Does Racial Gerrymandering Affect Median Civil Rights Policy Outcomes in the U.S. House? | |
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| What Are Black Interests on Roll Calls? | |
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| How Can We Determine Legislators' Preferences on Civil Rights? | |
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| Has the Civil Rights Policy Space in Congress Changed Over Time? | |
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| The Relative Unimportance of the South for Civil Rights Floor Outcomes in the House | |
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| Civil Rights Ideological Shifts in State Delegations Due to Racial Redistricting | |
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| Political Parties, Agenda Setting, and Civil Rights Voting Records in Congress | |
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| Counterfactual Analysis | |
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| Did the Creation of Black-Majority Districts in 1992 Give the House to Republicans? | |
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| Summary: Racial Redistricting in 1992 and Aggregate Policy Outcomes in the U.S. House | |
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| What About at the District Level? Does Party or Race Matter More? | |
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| Implications for the Future of Majority-Minority Districts | |
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| Location, Location, Location: Delivering Constituency Service to African Americans | |
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| Constituency Service as Substantive Representation | |
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| The Importance of Race: Helping Constituents in the District | |
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| Talking with Congressional Staff to Assess Constituency Service to African Americans | |
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| Reaching Voters with Service: Race Trumps Geography and Party | |
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| Randy Forbes: �Big Shoes to Fill� | |
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| Earl Hilliard: �He Was Elected to Represent the People Here� | |
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| Congressional Offices in Black Neighborhoods? | |
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| Constituency Service in the District: Connecting Black Legislators, Black Staff, and Black Voters | |
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| African-American Staff and Substantive Congressional Representation | |
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| White Staff and Substantive Representation via Constituency Service | |
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| The Racial Backgrounds of Congressional District Staff Across the United States | |
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| Which Members of Congress Disproportionately Hire African-American Staff? | |
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| Commonality versus Difference: No Difference | |
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| Conclusion: Race and the Quality of Constituency Service to Black Constituents | |
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| Bringing Home the Bacon: Delivering Federal �Pork� to African Americans | |
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| Pork Is Substantive Representation | |
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| Bringing Home the Bacon to Predominately Black Counties and Historically Black Colleges and Universities | |
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| Black Legislators Deliver More Projects to African Americans | |
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| The Effect of a Legislator's Race on Project Allocations | |
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| The Effect of Party on Project Allocation to Black Constituents | |
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| Racial Trust: The Interactive Effect of District Black Population and a Legislator's Race | |
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| Pork Delivery, Electoral Coalitions, and Racial Representation | |
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| Conclusion and Discussion | |
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| The Future of Racial Redistricting: Black-Decisive Districts | |
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| Race, Legislative Representation, and the Importance of Elections | |
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| The Need for Black-Decisive Districts: Policy Implications for the Future of Majority-Minority Districts and Representation | |
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| Criteria for Drawing Districting Plans Maximizing Black-Decisive Districts | |
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| Conclusion and Closing Thoughts | |
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| Methods Used to Measure the Civil Rights Issue Space | |
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| Methods for Qualitative Research | |
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| Data, Methods, and Models for Project Allocations to African Americans | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |