BLACK REPRESENTATION ON CENTRAL CITY SCHOOL BOARDS REVISITED

BLACK REPRESENTATION ON CENTRAL CITY SCHOOL BOARDS REVISITED

This article is an extension of Welch and Karnig's (1978) school board study analyzing black representation. The sample size has been increased from their 43 to our 75 central cities. Unlike Welch and Karnig, we find that at-large electoral systems significantly reduce proportionally based equi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social science quarterly 1981-09, Vol.62 (3), p.495-502
Hauptverfasser: ROBINSON, Ted, ENGLAND, Robert E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Black public officials
Boards of education
Cities
City councils
City wards
Minorities, Politics and Policy Change
Population mean
Population size
Population structure
Ratios
School boards
Urban schools
Urban studies
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Zusammenfassung:This article is an extension of Welch and Karnig's (1978) school board study analyzing black representation. The sample size has been increased from their 43 to our 75 central cities. Unlike Welch and Karnig, we find that at-large electoral systems significantly reduce proportionally based equitable black representation.
ISSN:0038-4941
1540-6237