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  • 2 - Studying Inequality in Representation in Local Government

  • Brian F. Schaffner, Tufts University, Massachusetts, Jesse H. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Raymond J. La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Book:
    Hometown Inequality
    Published online:
    20 June 2020
    Print publication:
    09 July 2020, pp 36-61

  • Summary

    An impressive body of research has expanded our understanding of how American democracy works, as well as when and why it fails to do so. Important studies have focused on inequalities in representation based on race, generally finding that nonwhites receive less representation from government than do white constituents. Meanwhile, a growing body of research examining the relationship between income and representation suggests that “the wealthiest Americans exert more political influence than their less fortunate fellow citizens do.”