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- Title
The Institutional Mobility of Minority Members of Congress.
- Authors
Rocca, Michael S.; Sanchez, Gabriel R.; Morin, Jason L.
- Abstract
This article examines the extent to which race and ethnicity affect mobility to leadership positions within Congress. The authors utilize survival analysis to examine the rate at which legislators attained committee leadership positions between the 101st and 108th Congresses. The results show that black legislators attain leadership positions faster than white legislators. This may be because of the tendency for black members of Congress (MCs) to sit on less prestigious committees than white MCs, which creates greater opportunity for institutional promotion. Ethnicity, on the other hand, does not matter to mobility as Latinos acquire leadership positions at the same rate as non-Latino legislators.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Congress; UNITED States legislators; MINORITY politicians; UNITED States Congressional committees; EMPLOYEE promotions; LEGISLATIVE body leadership; INTRAORGANIZATIONAL mobility
- Publication
Political Research Quarterly, 2011, Vol 64, Issue 4, p897
- ISSN
1065-9129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1065912910379225