caa a22 4500 386343276 CHVBK 20180307111802.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1956439 doi S0003055400082307 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/1956439 Mladenka Kenneth R. Texas A&M University Blacks and Hispanics in Urban Politics [Elektronische Daten] [Kenneth R. Mladenka] Are local political institutions responsive to the demands of racial minorities for a more equitable share of scarce public resources? Does an enhanced political presence improve black and Hispanic prospects in the struggle for public jobs? Based upon data for 1200 cities, my analysis reveals that while minority council members make a substantial contribution to employment success, minority mayors do not. For blacks, an interactive effect was also discovered for the relationship between the level of political representation, governmental structure, and employment outcomes. This research reveals that the political process does work. However, its effectiveness for minorities is mediated by a complex of factors that includes an interaction between political power, racial polarization, and the nature of local political institutions. Copyright © American Political Science Association 1989 American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 83/1(1989-03), 165-191 0003-0554 83:1<165 1989 83 PSR https://doi.org/10.2307/1956439 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1956439 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Mladenka Kenneth R. Texas A&M University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 83/1(1989-03), 165-191 0003-0554 83:1<165 1989 83 PSR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge