Despite a long history of legal challenges alleging that elections conducted at‐large
suppress minority representation, this remains the dominant electoral system in local …

The existing literature in public administration and related disciplines tends to view
government corruption in terms of legal transgression, specific acts by public officials in …

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine how and why Latinx school board
members address educational equity, both in general and as related to English learners …

As school board meetings are integral sites of local education policymaking, scholars must
consider how structural racism manifests in these spaces across various district contexts. We …

Little is known about the role of local school boards in the policy-making process,
particularly in terms of educational equity. Framed by concepts from existing scholarship on …

The literature finds that an underrepresented group's comparative share of the population
may moderate the effects of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 on descriptive …

Consistent or continuous use of two-way engagement mechanisms is key to effective citizen
participation. This article examines how to make the municipal manager's use of two-way …

Majority minority districts are widely viewed as opportunities for racial minority groups to
expand their representation in elected office. Do these districts facilitate the same …

Representation in service-providing organizations is vital to the inclusion of ethnoracial
minorities in a democratic society. The political contexts that encompass these organizations …

Literature finds that an underrepresented group's comparative share of the population may
moderate the effects of the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 on descriptive …