Journal article
Racial Diversity and Public Policy in the States
Political Research Quarterly, Vol.65(3), pp.600-614
09/2012
DOI: 10.1177/1065912911401418
Abstract
How does racial diversity affect public policy outcomes in the states? The policy backlash hypothesis suggests that the presence of blacks increases antagonistic attitudes toward minorities among whites and thus produces racially conservative policies. The electoral constraint hypothesis argues that the presence of blacks increases the size of population that supports policy liberalism and thus results in more liberal policies. The authors reconcile these competing explanations by arguing that the hypothesized negative impact of minority group size on policy liberalism varies across states in accordance with socioeconomic and institutional conditions that strengthen or weaken the impacts of electoral constraint or backlash.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Racial Diversity and Public Policy in the States
- Creators
- Tetsuya MatsubayashiRene R Rocha - University of Iowa, Political Science
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Political Research Quarterly, Vol.65(3), pp.600-614
- DOI
- 10.1177/1065912911401418
- ISSN
- 1065-9129
- eISSN
- 1938-274X
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2012
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); Interdisciplinary Programs; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983916599602771
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