Urban Underrepresentation in the U.S. Senate
| Autor: | G. Ross Stephens |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Urban Studies
Sociology and Political Science Political science Compromise media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050602 political science & public administration 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Public administration 0506 political science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Urban Affairs Review. 31:404-418 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8332 1078-0874 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/107808749603100305 |
| Popis: | Urban scholars have paid little or no attention to ramifications of the way the U.S. Senate is structured. Because of the Connecticut Compromise, the 26 smallest states with less than 18% of the U.S. population have an institutional lock on, and a potential veto over, basic public policies and all legislation going through Congress. Because small states are generally less urban, the Senate heavily underrepresents central cities and ethnic minorities and massively overrepresents suburban and rural/small-town residents, as well as the inhabitants of Mountain, New England, and West North Central regions. Moreover, federal grants unduly support not only small, less urban states but also tax-rich states. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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