| Description |
x, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Census politics : boundaries and bureaucracies -- Creating racial and ethnic categories -- The undercount : causes and proposed remedies -- The politics of census adjustment -- The census in the new American political system. |
| Summary |
"In part, this book is a brief against census adjustment. It begins by arguing that the inherent unreliability of racial and ethnic data requires a more realistic standard of accuracy than has typically been adopted by adjustment advocates. It also maintains that the implications of the undercount for both minorities and nonminorities--including the partisan interests of Democrats and Republicans--are grossly exaggerated and misunderstood. A novel intervention into a highly complex system, adjustment would produce all sorts of unpredictable results..."--Introduction, p.1. |
| Subject |
Race.
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Group identity.
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Census.
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Apportionment (Election law)
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United States -- Census
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| ISBN |
081577964X (hc : acid-free) |
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