Poor Representation

Poor Representation
Author: Kristina C. Miler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108473504

The poor are grossly underrepresented in Congress both overall and by individual legislators, even those who represent high-poverty districts.

Who Speaks for the Poor?

Who Speaks for the Poor?
Author: Karen Long Jusko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108419887

Explains cross-national differences in the political and partisan representation of low-income voters, focusing attention on the electoral geography of income.

Representations of Global Poverty

Representations of Global Poverty
Author: Nandita Dogra
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-09-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0857722492

Through the efforts of increasingly media-aware NGOs, people in the west are bombarded with images of poverty and inequality in the developing world. Representations of Poverty is the first comprehensive study of the communications and imagery used by international NGOs to represent the developing world. In this meticulously researched and original book, Nandita Dogra examines the full cycle of representation - integrating analyses of the public messages of international development NGOs in the UK with the views of their staff and audiences. Exploring the Europeanised discourses inherent in appeals to this notion of a 'common humanity', she argues for a greater acknowledgment of NGOs as significant mediating institutions which can expand understandings of global inequalities and their historical causation. The book is a timely addition to the growing fields of development and media studies and will be a key resource for academics, policymakers and practitioners alike who have an interest in global poverty, aid, NGOs, and the politics of representation.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Putting Inequality in Context

Putting Inequality in Context
Author: Christopher Ellis
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-07-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0472130498

Highlights the role of contextual factors, including class, in U.S. political inequality

Hometown Inequality

Hometown Inequality
Author: Brian F. Schaffner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2020-07-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108659888

Local governments play a central role in American democracy, providing essential services such as policing, water, and sanitation. Moreover, Americans express great confidence in their municipal governments. But is this confidence warranted? Using big data and a representative sample of American communities, this book provides the first systematic examination of racial and class inequalities in local politics. We find that non-whites and less-affluent residents are consistent losers in local democracy. Residents of color and those with lower incomes receive less representation from local elected officials than do whites and the affluent. Additionally, they are much less likely than privileged community members to have their preferences reflected in local government policy. Contrary to the popular assumption that governments that are “closest” govern best, we find that inequalities in representation are most severe in suburbs and small towns. Typical reforms do not seem to improve the situation, and we recommend new approaches.

Unequal Political Participation Worldwide

Unequal Political Participation Worldwide
Author: Aina Gallego
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 110702353X

This book describes the levels of unequal electoral participation in thirty-six countries worldwide, examines possible causes of this phenomenon, and discusses its consequences.

Social Inequality & The Politics of Representation

Social Inequality & The Politics of Representation
Author: Celine-Marie Pascale
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1412992214

This anthology critically analyzes how cultures around the world make social categories of race, class, gender and sexuality meaningful in particular ways. The collection uses a wide range of readings to examine how contemporary issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality are constructed, mobilized, and transformed. Unlike many books in this area, the U.S. is not analytical center.

Why Americans Hate Welfare

Why Americans Hate Welfare
Author: Martin Gilens
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226293661

Tackling one of the most volatile issues in contemporary politics, Martin Gilens's work punctures myths and misconceptions about welfare policy, public opinion, and the role of the media in both. Why Americans Hate Welfare shows that the public's views on welfare are a complex mixture of cynicism and compassion; misinformed and racially charged, they nevertheless reflect both a distrust of welfare recipients and a desire to do more to help the "deserving" poor. "With one out of five children currently living in poverty and more than 100,000 families with children now homeless, Gilens's book is must reading if you want to understand how the mainstream media have helped justify, and even produce, this state of affairs." —Susan Douglas, The Progressive "Gilens's well-written and logically developed argument deserves to be taken seriously." —Choice "A provocative analysis of American attitudes towards 'welfare.'. . . [Gilens] shows how racial stereotypes, not white self-interest or anti-statism, lie at the root of opposition to welfare programs." -Library Journal