Oversight (eBook)

Representing the Interests of Blacks and Latinos in Congress

Michael D. Minta (Autor)

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2011
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4034-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Oversight answers the question of whether black and Latino legislators better represent minority interests in Congress than white legislators, and it is the first book on the subject to focus on congressional oversight rather than roll-call voting. In this important book, Michael Minta demonstrates that minority lawmakers provide qualitatively better representation of black and Latino interests than their white counterparts. They are more likely to intervene in decision making by federal agencies by testifying in support of minority interests at congressional oversight hearings. Minority legislators write more letters urging agency officials to enforce civil rights policies, and spend significant time and effort advocating for solutions to problems that affect all racial and ethnic groups, such as poverty, inadequate health care, fair housing, and community development. In Oversight, Minta argues that minority members of Congress act on behalf of broad minority interests--inside and outside their districts--because of a shared bond of experience and a sense of linked fate. He shows how the presence of black and Latino legislators in the committee room increases the chances that minority perspectives and concerns will be addressed in committee deliberations, and also how minority lawmakers are effective at countering negative stereotypes about minorities in policy debates on issues like affirmative action and affordable housing.

Autor

Michael D. Minta is assistant professor of African and African American studies and political science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2011
• Zusatzinfo: 10 line illus. 29 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Adviser • Advocacy • Affirmative Action • Affordable Housing • African Americans • Anti-Discrimination Law • ballot • Barney Frank • Bilingual Education • Bill Clinton • black legislators • black people • Blacks • bureaucrat • chairman • Charles Rangel • child care • Citizenship of the United States • Civil and Political Rights • Civil Rights • Civil Rights Act • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • civil rights protection • collective group action • community development • Community Development Block Grant • Congress • Congressional Black Caucus • congressional district • congressional hearings • Congressional Hispanic Caucus • congressional oversight • Deliberation • Democracy • deposit insurance • economic interventionism • Ed Pastor • Employment • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • Equal Opportunity • ethnic group • ethnic groups • Ethnicity • Federal Government • Federal government of the United States • Financial institution • Financial Services • Funding • George W. Bush • Health Care • Human Resources • Ideology • implementation • income • insurance • John Conyers • Jurisdiction • Latino legislators • Latinos • Legislation • legislative responsiveness • Legislator • Legislators • Medicaid • Member of Congress • middle class • Midterm election • minority group • minority interests • minority lawmakers • minority legislators • minority representatives • Minority rights • Multiculturalism • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • National Council of La Raza • national security • On the Issues • Oversight • Participation (decision making) • Policy • policymaking • Political Party • Political representation • Political Science • Politics • Poor people • Poverty • Presidency of Bill Clinton • Public Policy • Puerto Ricans • Race • racial consciousness • racial groups • racial profiling • Racism • Ranking member • Redistricting • Republican Congress • Republican Party (United States) • Russell Sage Foundation • Section 8 (housing) • Small Business • Social Exclusion • Social Inequality • Social Policy • Social Welfare • Social Welfare Policy • Socioeconomic Status • State Government • statistical significance • strategic group uplift • Subsidy • substantive representation • Suffrage • Tax Cut • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families • Unemployment • Unemployment benefits • United States Congress • United States congressional committee • United States Department of Justice • United States House of Representatives • Voting • Voting Behavior • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • welfare • welfare dependency • Welfare reform • white legislators • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4034-1 / 1400840341
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4034-2 / 9781400840342