 | Politics of Democratic Inclusion Subjects: Political participation -- United States; Minorities -- United States -- Political activity; Representative government and representation -- United States; The issue of political participation has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. The Politics of Democratic Inclusion addresses the ways traditionally underrepresented groups have and have not achieved political incorporation, representation, and influence--or "democratic inclusion"--in American politics. Each chapter provides a "state of the discipline" essay that addresses the politics of diversity from a range of perspectives and in a variety of institutional arenas. Taken together, the essays in The Politics of Democratic Inclusion evaluate and advance our understanding of the ways in which the structure, processes, rules, and context of the American political order encourage, mediate, and hamper the representation and incorporation of traditionally disadvantaged groups. Christina Wolbrecht is Packey J. Dee Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame. Her book, The Politics of Women's Rights: Parties, Positions, and Change , received the 2001 Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award from the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association. Rodney E. Hero is Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy in the Department of Political Science at Notre Dame, where he also serves as chair of the department. His book, Latinos and the U.S. Political System: Two-Tiered Pluralism (Temple, 1992), received the American Political Science Association's Ralph J. Bunche Award. He also authored Faces of Inequality: Social Diversity in American Politics (1998). Contributors: Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University; Peri E. Arnold, University of Notre Dame; David T. Canon, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dennis Chong, Northwestern University; Susan E. Clarke, University of Colorado, Boulder; Patricia Conley, University of Chicago; Elizabeth F. Cohen, Syracuse University; Anne N. Costain, University of Colorado, Boulder; Paul Frymer, University of California, San Diego; Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University; Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University; Miki Caul Kittilson, University of Texas, San Antonio; Jan Leighley, Texas A&M University; George Lovell, University of Washington; Michael McCann, University of Washington; Kenneth J. Meier, Texas A&M University; Reuel Rogers, Northwestern University; Katherine Tate, University of California, Irvine; Alvin B. Tillery, University of Notre Dame, and the editors. |
