Who Gets Represented?

by Enns, Peter K.; Wlezien, Christopher; Abrajano, Marisa (CON); Bhatti, Yosef (CON); Druckman, James N. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780871542427
• ISBN10: 0871542420
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Group Opinion and the Study of Representation	p. 1
Group Opinions	p. 27
Part I: Introduction
Assessing the Ethnic and Racial Diversity of American Public Opinion	p. 32
United we Divide? Education, Income, and Heterogeneity in Mass Partisan Polarization	p. 61
The Political Geography of Party Resurgence	p. 93
Get Government out of it: Heterogeneity of Government Skepticism and its Connection to Economic Interests and Policy Preferences	p. 129
Policy Representation	p. 161
Part II: Introduction
Segmented Representation: The Reagan White House and Disproportionate Responsiveness	p. 166
Whose Statehouse Democracy? Policy Responsiveness to Poor Versus Rich Constituents in Poor Versus Rich States	p. 189
How Poorly are the Poor Represented in the U.S. Senate?	p. 223
Policy Consequences of Representational Inequality	p. 247
Inequality in Policy Responsiveness?	p. 285
Who do Parties Represent?	p. 311
On Inequality in Political Representation	p. 345
The Issues in Representation	p. 347
Epilogue: Final Thoughts on who gets Represented	p. 361
Index	p. 363
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