How does Congress represent the interests of African Americans? Must blacks be represented by blacks to be properly heard? How do members of Congress respond to the needs of blacks in their districts, and what do congressional voting records reveal? Carol Swain examines the problems of representing the interests of African Americans by studying the constituency relations and roll-call voting of black members of Congress from a variety of districts: historically Black; newly Black; heterogeneous; and primarily White; and of ...
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How does Congress represent the interests of African Americans? Must blacks be represented by blacks to be properly heard? How do members of Congress respond to the needs of blacks in their districts, and what do congressional voting records reveal? Carol Swain examines the problems of representing the interests of African Americans by studying the constituency relations and roll-call voting of black members of Congress from a variety of districts: historically Black; newly Black; heterogeneous; and primarily White; and of white members from districts with either a black majority or a significant black minority.
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