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United States Electoral Systems Their Impact on Women and Minorities
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Wilma Rule, Joseph F. Zimmerman
Book Code: ZIU/
ISBN: 0-313-27730-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27730-6
264 pages, figures, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1992
List Price: $126.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Political Science
Series Number: 294
Reviews:
  • The editors have compiled an informative collection of studies by political scientists from across the country that detail the obstacles commonly blocking the path of non-traditional candidates at all levels of government.
    —WLW Journal
Description: This is the only full-length study to examine how different electoral systems impact the election of women and minorities to public office in the United States. Rule and Zimmerman have brought together leading scholars to show how different systems affect local, state, and national elections. Important demographic changes, new opportunities, and formidable problems are underscored in analyses of the effects of, among many other things, cumulative voting, judicial election systems, multimember and single-member districts, and reapportionment. This study is unusual in combining an overall analysis of electoral systems and case material with proposals for making government more representative, inclusive, and responsive. Criteria are provided for evaluating the equity of electoral systems. The election of women and minorities to Congress is reviewed carefully, and options for increasing this direct representation of minorities and women are considered. Case studies describe legislative elections in several states. In-depth studies deal with local elections, cumulative and limited voting systems, alternative judicial electoral systems, and proportional representation. Academics and professionals who study political parties and electoral systems, minority politics, and women's studies will find this work to be especially intriguing and important.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Fair Representation for Minorities and Women by Joseph F. Zimmerman
  • Sending Women and Minorities to Congress
  • Electing Minorities and Women to Congress by Georgia A. Persons
  • Preconditions for Black and Hispanic Congressional Success by Bernard Hoffman and Lisa Handley
  • Anglo and Minority Women's Underrepresentation in Congress: Is the Electoral System the Culprit? by Wilma Rule and Pippa Morris
  • Electing State Legislators and Judges
  • Multimember Legislative Districts: Minority and Anglo Women's and Men's Recruitment Opportunity by Wilma Rule
  • Barriers to Representing Women and Blacks in Pennsylvania: The Impacts of Demography, Culture, and Structure by Sandra A. Featherman
  • Florida: The Big Election Shakeup of 1982 by Anita Pritchard
  • Creative Multimember Redistricting and Representation of Women and Minorities in the Maryland Legislature by M. Margaret Conway
  • The Effect of the "Cutback" on Representation of Women and Minorities in the Illinois General Assembly by David H. Everson
  • Patterns of Legislative Opportunity in Arizona: Sex, Race and Ethnicity by Michele A. Saint-Germain
  • Alternative Judicial Election Systems: Solving the Minority Vote Dilution Problem by Richard B. Engstrom
  • Electing Local Leaders
  • Minority and Gender Representation in American County Legislatures: The Effect of Election Systems by Victor DeSantis and Tari Renner
  • The Impact of At-Large Elections on the Representation of Minority Women by Susan Welch and Rebekah Herrick
  • Electing Women to City Council: A Focus on Small Cities in Florida by Susan A. MacManus and Charles S. Bullock, III
  • Cumulative Voting and Limited Voting in Alabama by Edward Still
  • Proportional Representation on New York City Community School Boards by Leon Weaver and Judith Baum
  • Options for Increasing Representation for Minorities
  • Enhancing Representational Equity in Cities by Joseph F. Zimmerman
  • Electoral Barriers to Women by R. Darcy
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 91-34481
LCC Class: JF1063
Dewey Class: 320.473
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