TY - BOOK ID - 77882969 TI - Oversight PY - 2011 SN - 1283152576 9786613152572 1400840341 9781400840342 9781283152570 9780691149257 9780691149264 0691149259 0691149267 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - African American legislators. KW - African Americans - Politics and government. KW - African Americans -- Politics and government. KW - Hispanic American legislators. KW - Hispanic Americans - Politics and government. KW - Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government. KW - Representative government and representation - United States. KW - Representative government and representation -- United States. KW - United States. KW - United States. Congress. KW - African American legislators KW - Hispanic American legislators KW - African Americans KW - Hispanic Americans KW - Representative government and representation KW - Government - U.S. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Legislative Branch KW - Parliamentary government KW - Political representation KW - Representation KW - Self-government KW - Constitutional history KW - Constitutional law KW - Political science KW - Democracy KW - Elections KW - Republics KW - Suffrage KW - Hispanics (United States) KW - Latino Americans KW - Latinos (United States) KW - Latinxs KW - Spanish Americans in the United States KW - Spanish-speaking people (United States) KW - Spanish-surnamed people (United States) KW - Ethnology KW - Latin Americans KW - Spanish Americans (Latin America) KW - Afro-Americans KW - Black Americans KW - Colored people (United States) KW - Negroes KW - Africans KW - Blacks KW - Legislators, Hispanic American KW - Legislators KW - Afro-American legislators KW - Legislators, African American KW - Politics and government KW - Congress. KW - Congressional hearings. KW - Latino legislators. KW - Latinos. KW - advocacy. KW - affordable housing. KW - black legislators. KW - blacks. KW - civil rights protection. KW - civil rights. KW - collective group action. KW - community development. KW - congressional oversight. KW - ethnic group. KW - ethnic groups. KW - ethnicity. KW - federal government. KW - health care. KW - legislative responsiveness. KW - legislators. KW - minority interests. KW - minority lawmakers. KW - minority legislators. KW - minority representatives. KW - minority rights. KW - oversight. KW - policy. KW - policymaking. KW - political representation. KW - poor people. KW - poverty. KW - race. KW - racial consciousness. KW - racial groups. KW - social policy. KW - social welfare policy. KW - social welfare. KW - strategic group uplift. KW - substantive representation. KW - white legislators. KW - United States. Congress KW - United States KW - Black people KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77882969 AB - Oversight answers the question of whether black and Latino legislators better represent minority interests in Congress than white legislators, and it is the first book on the subject to focus on congressional oversight rather than roll-call voting. In this important book, Michael Minta demonstrates that minority lawmakers provide qualitatively better representation of black and Latino interests than their white counterparts. They are more likely to intervene in decision making by federal agencies by testifying in support of minority interests at congressional oversight hearings. Minority legislators write more letters urging agency officials to enforce civil rights policies, and spend significant time and effort advocating for solutions to problems that affect all racial and ethnic groups, such as poverty, inadequate health care, fair housing, and community development. In Oversight, Minta argues that minority members of Congress act on behalf of broad minority interests--inside and outside their districts--because of a shared bond of experience and a sense of linked fate. He shows how the presence of black and Latino legislators in the committee room increases the chances that minority perspectives and concerns will be addressed in committee deliberations, and also how minority lawmakers are effective at countering negative stereotypes about minorities in policy debates on issues like affirmative action and affordable housing. ER -