Albert K. Karnig

Black Representation in the American States A Comparison of Bureaucracies and Legislatures

ontroversies concerning the representativeness of government institutions seem to recur in the American political system with about the same frequency as corruption, assassinations, and higher taxes. To the political scientists, such controversies are little more than variations on a venerable theme in political analysis. Ever since the introduction of the concept of representative government, political analysts have contested the merits of various structures and processes designed to enhance representativenessa dialogue that has continued to the present era, with its concern for lower-class and minority representation. A measure of consensus has apparently been reached among a number of influential American political scientists concerning

PUZZLES, DATA LIMITS, AND PERSPECTIVES A Response to Cole

Cole’s puzzlement: Cole is apparently bothered that I displayed the relationship between black council penetration and black income, but presented no information on the link between penetration and either black education or occupational status. I employed black income exclusively because income was the only one of Cole’s communitywide socioeconomic status measures significantly associated with black council representation in my national sample of 139 cities (see Campbell, 1971 on the weak linkage between indicators of white income, education, and occupation). However, further analysis to be reported elsewhere does in fact show a substantial

Book Review Essays : Planning and the Search for Answers

Generations have come and gone since the City Beautiful movement helped to give birth to the city planning profession. As we stand on the verge of the 1980s, city planners are exposed to a bountiful yet harsh Dickens-like world, one which provides rich resources and opportunities but constrains the likelihood of bringing plans to fruition. Contemporary city planners benefit from an explosion in literature concerning planning techniques, enhanced understanding of the effects of design on human behavior, the development of sophisticated electronic data-processing systems which refine the planner’s ability to identify trends and problem areas, and some formidable shifts in

Voting Behavior of Chicago Democrats at the Illinois Constitutional Convention Machine Unity and Disunity

By analyzing roll call voting behavior and the socioeconomic characteristics of representatives to the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention, this study seeks to assess: (1) the roll call cohesiveness of Chicago Democrats and other voting groups in the assembly; (2) the social, economic, and ethnic composition of major voting blocs; and (3) the kinds of issues which may tend to factionalize machine delegates. Factor analysis shows that the Chicago Democratic group was by far the most unified voting set at the Con-Con. However, given the heterogeneous elements which comprised the machine bloc, there were various roll calls—basically revolving around divergent ethnic and religious interests -which promoted substantial disunity in the ranks of the Chicago organization.