Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The State Link in the Chain 2. Race and Representation in State Legislatures 3. The Black Electoral Connection 4. When Identity and Constituency Collide at Roll Call 5. The Institutionalization of Black State Legislative Power 6. Black Legislators, Black Constituents, and the Devolution Revolution 7. Nationalizing Black State Interests 8. Devolutionary Dangers Appendix A: Underlying Data for Figures 3.2a and 3.2b Appendix B: Trends in AFDC/TANF Recipient Characteristics Appendix C: Methods for Reexamining Sticks and Carrots Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Tyson King-Meadows is Assistant Professor and Thomas F. Schaller is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Reviews

"The authors present an exhaustive survey of the literature, both theoretical and empirical, with extensive analytical and illuminating commentary."

"This book stands apart from much of the work on minority legislators by combining sophisticated thinking about representation--"elite behavior, mass preferences, and connections between the two--"with a thorough understanding of institutional evolution and its effects. This is exceptional work, which I recommend enthusiastically." -- Gary M. Segura, coeditor of Diversity in Democracy: Minority Representation in the United States