Class Fragmentation and Inequality in Representation in Local Government

• In Event: Local Politics of Inequality

Brief Overview

Using population-level data from Catalist, we examine how diversity of preferences and opportunities for cross-class coalition building affect the representation enjoyed by lower-income groups in a diverse sample of American municipalities.

Authors

• Jesse Hessler Rhodes, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Brian F Schaffner, Tufts University

• Raymond J. La Raja, University of Massachusetts-Amherst