This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates
and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive look at at the history and status of women in …

This dynamic and comprehensive text from nationally renowned scholars continues to
demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had—and continue to have …

This article provides a broad review of research around black political representation in
Congress and state legislatures. We begin by exploring trends in black representation in …

Scholars studying the causes and consequences of political representation, particularly in
terms of gender and race, often turn to a concept called descriptive representation …

The 2008 presidential election made American history. Yet before Barack Obama and
Hillary Clinton, there were other" historic firsts": Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in …

Based on the 1,800 largest school districts in the United States over a decade, The Politics
of African-American Education documents the status of African-American education and the …

Members of Congress from racial minority groups often find themselves in a unique
predicament. For one thing, they tend to represent constituencies that are more …

In early work on women in Congress, scholars consistently identified a tendency among
women legislators to be more liberal roll‐call voters than male copartisans. Recent changes …

In studies of voting behavior, racial resentment has consistently been associated with
decreased support for black candidates. In this article we bring together a unique collection …

After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement had a
second, large attention surge. Media focus intensified and public opinion of the movement …