Paru R Shah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4124200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paru R Shah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paru R |
| FAMILY NAME | Shah |
| SIGNATURE | SHAH P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 114 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Here Comes Everybody: Using a Data Cooperative to Understand the New Dynamics of Representation
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Linking the Process and Outcomes of Parent Involvement Policy to the Parent Involvement Gap
This study compares what schools are doing to engage parents and analyzes the efficacy of these initiatives across predominantly Black, Latino, and White schools. Using the National Center for Education Statistics’s (NCES) Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS, 1999-2004), we specify a model that accounts both for factors associated with school policies and practices to engage parents in school- and home-based activities and the extent to which thes…
Comparing Three Methods of Measuring Race/Ethnicity
In this research note, we explore compare and contrast three methods for measuring race. We utilize as our baseline, or “true”, measure expert coded racial categories, and to this compare two alternatives. The first is a hybrid Bayesian analysis of racial/ethnic surname lists and population distributions, which allow us to develop a race probability score for each candidate. The second is a novel and innovative crowdsourcing method that allows ma…
Black Candidates and Black Turnout: A Study of Viability in Louisiana Mayoral Elections
What effect does a candidate’s race have on coracial voter turnout? Recent studies have found mixed results, largely because it is difficult to separate the effect of candidate race from other factors that drive voter turnout. We argue that viability is a key element in the theory of turnout among coracial voters that has been overlooked in the extant literature. We develop a broad-based concept of candidate viability that is dependent on both th…
Are We There Yet? The Voting Rights Act and Black Representation on City Councils, 1981–2006
Sound evidence demonstrating what, if any, role the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has played in the impressive gains\nminorities have made in local office holding over the last 45 years remains in short supply. The present study is\nmotivated by three crucial questions. First, where are gains in minority office holding most apparent, and how are\nthese gains related to the VRA? Second, while studies have noted gains in black representation over time, t…
Parent Involvement Policy in Established and New Immigrant Destinations
Objectives This study examines how schools situated in different “contexts of reception” go about the critical task of engaging and supporting immigrant parents. Methods Using data from the 2003–04 N ational C enter for E ducational S tatistics’ S chools and S taffing S urveys, we estimate regression models to test the effects of cultural brokers, teacher training, and professional development on school policies and practices specifically designe…
The New Racial Calculus: Electoral Institutions and Black Representation in Local Legislatures
In this study we revisit the question of black representation on city councils and school boards using a novel substantive and methodological approach and longitudinal data for a sample of over 300 boards and councils. Conceptualizing black representation as a two‐stage process, we fit Mullahy's hurdle Poisson models to explain whether and to what extent blacks achieve representation in local legislatures. We find that while the size of the black…
The Attitudinal Effects of Minority Incorporation: Examining the Racial Dimensions of Trust in Urban America
Although trust in government has been declining for all Americans, Black Americans continue to be significantly less trusting than their White counterparts. Scholars have typically relied on the political reality model to explain this gap, arguing that lower trust among Blacks stems from their exclusion from power. Given contemporary gains in Black office holding, we revisit this question in the context of urban politics. Based on a sample of 104…
The New Racial Calculus: Electoral Institutions and Black Representation in Local Legislatures
In this study we revisit the question of black representation on city councils and school boards using a novel substantive and methodological approach and longitudinal data for a sample of over 300 boards and councils. Conceptualizing black representation as a two‐stage process, we fit Mullahy's hurdle Poisson models to explain whether and to what extent blacks achieve representation in local legislatures. We find that while the size of the black…
The Attitudinal Effects of Minority Incorporation: Examining the Racial Dimensions of Trust in Urban America
Although trust in government has been declining for all Americans, Black Americans continue to be significantly less trusting than their White counterparts. Scholars have typically relied on the political reality model to explain this gap, arguing that lower trust among Blacks stems from their exclusion from power. Given contemporary gains in Black office holding, we revisit this question in the context of urban politics. Based on a sample of 104…
Black Candidates and Black Turnout: A Study of Viability in Louisiana Mayoral Elections
What effect does a candidate’s race have on coracial voter turnout? Recent studies have found mixed results, largely because it is difficult to separate the effect of candidate race from other factors that drive voter turnout. We argue that viability is a key element in the theory of turnout among coracial voters that has been overlooked in the extant literature. We develop a broad-based concept of candidate viability that is dependent on both th…
Are We There Yet? The Voting Rights Act and Black Representation on City Councils, 1981–2006
Sound evidence demonstrating what, if any, role the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has played in the impressive gains\nminorities have made in local office holding over the last 45 years remains in short supply. The present study is\nmotivated by three crucial questions. First, where are gains in minority office holding most apparent, and how are\nthese gains related to the VRA? Second, while studies have noted gains in black representation over time, t…
Parent Involvement Policy in Established and New Immigrant Destinations
Objectives This study examines how schools situated in different “contexts of reception” go about the critical task of engaging and supporting immigrant parents. Methods Using data from the 2003–04 N ational C enter for E ducational S tatistics’ S chools and S taffing S urveys, we estimate regression models to test the effects of cultural brokers, teacher training, and professional development on school policies and practices specifically designe…
Linking the Process and Outcomes of Parent Involvement Policy to the Parent Involvement Gap
This study compares what schools are doing to engage parents and analyzes the efficacy of these initiatives across predominantly Black, Latino, and White schools. Using the National Center for Education Statistics’s (NCES) Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS, 1999-2004), we specify a model that accounts both for factors associated with school policies and practices to engage parents in school- and home-based activities and the extent to which thes…
Here Comes Everybody: Using a Data Cooperative to Understand the New Dynamics of Representation
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Attitudinal Effects of Minority Incorporation: Examining the Racial Dimensions of Trust in Urban America
Although trust in government has been declining for all Americans, Black Americans continue to be significantly less trusting than their White counterparts. Scholars have typically relied on the political reality model to explain this gap, arguing that lower trust among Blacks stems from their exclusion from power. Given contemporary gains in Black office holding, we revisit this question in the context of urban politics. Based on a sample of 104…
The New Racial Calculus: Electoral Institutions and Black Representation in Local Legislatures
In this study we revisit the question of black representation on city councils and school boards using a novel substantive and methodological approach and longitudinal data for a sample of over 300 boards and councils. Conceptualizing black representation as a two‐stage process, we fit Mullahy's hurdle Poisson models to explain whether and to what extent blacks achieve representation in local legislatures. We find that while the size of the black…
Parent Involvement Policy in Established and New Immigrant Destinations
Objectives This study examines how schools situated in different “contexts of reception” go about the critical task of engaging and supporting immigrant parents. Methods Using data from the 2003–04 N ational C enter for E ducational S tatistics’ S chools and S taffing S urveys, we estimate regression models to test the effects of cultural brokers, teacher training, and professional development on school policies and practices specifically designe…
Are We There Yet? The Voting Rights Act and Black Representation on City Councils, 1981–2006
Sound evidence demonstrating what, if any, role the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has played in the impressive gains\nminorities have made in local office holding over the last 45 years remains in short supply. The present study is\nmotivated by three crucial questions. First, where are gains in minority office holding most apparent, and how are\nthese gains related to the VRA? Second, while studies have noted gains in black representation over time, t…
Comparing Three Methods of Measuring Race/Ethnicity
In this research note, we explore compare and contrast three methods for measuring race. We utilize as our baseline, or “true”, measure expert coded racial categories, and to this compare two alternatives. The first is a hybrid Bayesian analysis of racial/ethnic surname lists and population distributions, which allow us to develop a race probability score for each candidate. The second is a novel and innovative crowdsourcing method that allows ma…
Black Candidates and Black Turnout: A Study of Viability in Louisiana Mayoral Elections
What effect does a candidate’s race have on coracial voter turnout? Recent studies have found mixed results, largely because it is difficult to separate the effect of candidate race from other factors that drive voter turnout. We argue that viability is a key element in the theory of turnout among coracial voters that has been overlooked in the extant literature. We develop a broad-based concept of candidate viability that is dependent on both th…
Linking the Process and Outcomes of Parent Involvement Policy to the Parent Involvement Gap
This study compares what schools are doing to engage parents and analyzes the efficacy of these initiatives across predominantly Black, Latino, and White schools. Using the National Center for Education Statistics’s (NCES) Schools and Staffing Surveys (SASS, 1999-2004), we specify a model that accounts both for factors associated with school policies and practices to engage parents in school- and home-based activities and the extent to which thes…
Here Comes Everybody: Using a Data Cooperative to Understand the New Dynamics of Representation
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)