Sangay K. Mishra
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780816681150
- eISBN:
- 9781452954271
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681150.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
Chapter 4 identifies three major modes of political engagement relying on selective elite mobilization: the trend of descriptive representation from white majority districts, the prominence of ...
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Chapter 4 identifies three major modes of political engagement relying on selective elite mobilization: the trend of descriptive representation from white majority districts, the prominence of campaign fundraising as a strategy for gaining political power, and the prominence of lobbying related to home country concerns. All three forms lead to the mobilization of a very narrow segment leaving out the broader community from the political process that is in complete contrast to the kinds of ethnoracial mobilization predicted by the dominant models.Less
Chapter 4 identifies three major modes of political engagement relying on selective elite mobilization: the trend of descriptive representation from white majority districts, the prominence of campaign fundraising as a strategy for gaining political power, and the prominence of lobbying related to home country concerns. All three forms lead to the mobilization of a very narrow segment leaving out the broader community from the political process that is in complete contrast to the kinds of ethnoracial mobilization predicted by the dominant models.
