The diversity paradox political parties, legislatures, and the organizational foundations of representation in America /

Main Author: Kanthak, Kristin.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Krause, George A.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10560977
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300 |a xiii, 205 p. 
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505 0 |a Preface -- Diversity dilemmas in democratic representation -- Internal valuation in political organizations: political parties and gender-based group dynamics in the U.S. House of Representatives -- A unified theory of colleague valuation in political organizations -- Testing the unified theory of colleague valuation in the U.S. House of Representatives -- Coordination dilemmas and the critical mass problem: differentiating colleague valuation between incumbents and challengers in the U.S. Senate -- Can organizational mechanisms solve minority group coordination problems? logic, lessons, and evidence from legislative caucuses -- In the American states -- The organizational foundations of democratic representation. 
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