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EBOOK Diversity Paradox:Political Parties, Legislatures, and the Organizational Foundations of Repre

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199891733
EAN: 071C8358EB
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Stron: 224
Data wydania: 2012
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Majority-minority group relations are central to the proper functioning of any        organization, but these relationships are especially important in        democratically-elected legislatures. In legislatures, for example, group dynamics        affect how the legislature operates, who is valued enough to play a critical        decision-making role, and what voices matter in determining policy outcomes.In The        Diversity Paradox, George Krause and Kristin Kanthak explore the nature of these        relationships, particularly their effect on both the valuation of minority group        legislators and the ideological stability of the legislature in general.          Interestingly, they demonstrate that an increase in a minority group's size within a        legislature actually leads to the devaluation of individual minority group members.          They call this the 'diversity paradox': In fact, representative institutions such as        legislatures face a 'diversity paradox': when the size of a minority group increases        beyond mere 'tokenism' in representative institutions such as legislatures, it tends        to create an unintended backlash toward the minority group's members that emanates        from both majority and fellow minority group members. Representative institutions,        therefore, can only fulfill the promise of adequate representation of minority group        interests only by conquering this paradox. They can accomplish this through jointly        attaining sufficient 'numbers' and overcoming the coordination problems those        numbers create. This is no small task and no small issue: the inclusion of minority        group voices in representative institutions is critical in a wide range of political        decisions, ranging from legislative gender quotas in the new Iraqi constitution to        attempts in the U.S. to increase minority representation through redistricting. The        question of whether or not an increase in descriptive representation (numbers) has        an impact on substantive representation (policy) is central to such efforts, and        therefore The Diversity Paradox has important ramifications for all students        interested in democratic representation.

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