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Articulating and Disarticulating the American Welfare State
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The Politics of Inclusion: Black Political Incorporation and the Use of Lethal Force
In: Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 238-265
ISSN: 1537-7946
"Colorblind" Policy in Black and White: Racial Consequences of Disenfranchisement Policy
In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 81-93
ISSN: 1541-0072
Disenfranchisement policies were formulated with discriminatory intent in several states (Behrens, Uggen, and Manza 2003;Mauer 2001;Preuhs 2001). Does such discrimination persist? Do disenfranchisement laws disparately impact black voters? I argue that disenfranchisement policies target black citizens and impact black voters disparately compared with white voters. I show that disenfranchisement laws have a disparate impact on the black community that becomes increasingly disproportionate as disenfranchisement laws increase in severity. I find that disenfranchisement policies have a significant independent effect on voting rights in the black community and do not have a similar effect on white voters. I conclude that the ability of the black community to achieve adequate representation is substantially diminished as fewer and fewer blacks qualify for voter registration.
"Colorblind" Policy in Black and White: Racial Consequences of Disenfranchisement Policy
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 81-94
ISSN: 0190-292X
The Political Roots of Executive Clemency
In: American Politics Research, Band 34, Heft 6
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Representative Bureaucracy: The Politics of Access to Policy-Making Positions in the Federal Executive Service
In: Public personnel management, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 75-89
ISSN: 1945-7421
Does the bureaucracy represent the interests of the public or react to the partisan and ideological demands of political principals? This study uses data from the federal workforce reports and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Central Personnel Data File to demonstrate that partisanship and ideology influence the demographic composition of the federal senior executives. The analysis indicates that fluctuation between administrations is largely attributed to presidents nominating and appointing individuals who share similar ideological views. The analysis also suggests that political control by ideologically driven principals has the potential to perpetuate divisiveness over polarizing issues. The partisan and ideological influences that continue to influence access to policy-making positions contribute to the perpetuation of patterned disparities in the representation of interests and undermine government performance.