TY - BOOK ID - 135669938 TI - Minorities and representation in American politics PY - 2017 SN - 1071800779 1483386821 1483386848 PB - Washington D.C. : CQ Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political participation KW - Representative government and representation KW - Minorities KW - Sexual minorities KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Political activity KW - Political activity UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135669938 AB - Minorities and Representation in American Politics is the first book of its kind to examine underrepresented minorities with a framework based on four types of representation?descriptive, formalistic, symbolic, and substantive. Through this lens, author Rebekah Herrick looks at race, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities not in isolation but synthesized within every chapter. This enables readers to better recognize both the similarities and differences of groups? underrepresentation. Herrick also applies her unique and constructive approach to intergroup cooperation and intersectionality, highlighting the impact that groups can have on one another. ER -