Journal article
Black-Brown Coalitions in Local School Board Elections
Political Research Quarterly, Vol.60(2), pp.315-327
06/2007
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301982
Abstract
As the racial composition of the United States becomes increasingly diverse, scholars have begun to examine whether interminority, or rainbow, coalitions are feasible. The power thesis suggests that lower levels of social distance between Anglos and Latinos will make the formation of Anglo-Latino coalitions more likely than black-Latino coalitions. This hypothesis is reexamined using fifteen hundred school board election results. The findings offer little evidence for the formation of Anglo-Latino coalitions. There are, however, indications that Anglo-black coalitions form when an area becomes populated by Latino noncitizens, possibly due to the increased social distance this causes between Latinos and other racial/ethnic communities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Black-Brown Coalitions in Local School Board Elections
- Creators
- Rene R Rocha - University of Iowa, Political Science
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political Research Quarterly, Vol.60(2), pp.315-327
- DOI
- 10.1177/1065912907301982
- ISSN
- 1065-9129
- eISSN
- 1938-274X
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2007
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); Interdisciplinary Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983916600002771
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