Kenny J Whitby
Biographic Data
| ID | 954973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenny J Whitby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenny J |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitby |
| SIGNATURE | WHITBY K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Impact of organizational vitality on Black voter turnout in the South
In the voting behaviour literature, political organizations are often mentioned as playing an important role in mobilizing a deactivated electorate. Nevertheless, researchers have paid little attention to the relationship between organization strength and Black voter participation. In this study, a direct test of the organizational strength hypothesis is examined by utilizing official voter turnout data at the county level from the November 2004 …
The Effect of Black Descriptive Representation on Black Electoral Turnout in the 2004 Elections
Objective. The principal objective in this study is to examine the effects of African‐American descriptive representation on African‐American voter turnout levels. As it stands, the extant literature on minority electoral empowerment has produced conflicting reports. Methods. Unlike previous investigations, this study employs official voter turnout data from the States of Louisiana and South Carolina to test the theoretical assertion that black d…
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
Bill Sponsorship and Intraracial Voting among African American Representatives
Understanding the political implication of increasing minority, descriptive representation through race-conscious redistricting has been of major interest to congressional researchers in recent years. This research departs from past studies by examining intraracial roll-call voting behavior among African American representatives. Utilizing bill sponsorship data over an 8-year period (1991-1998) and event count regression, this investigation revea…
Race, Issue Heterogeneity and Public Policy: The Republican Revolution in the 104th US Congress and the Representation of African-American Policy Interests
Does the voting behaviour of African-American legislators differ significantly from their white colleagues on legislative issues of importance to the black community? This question is important for two reasons. First, the underlying premise behind creating more majority-black legislative districts is that black legislators do a better job of representing the policy interests of black constituents than do white lawmakers.Charles Cameron, David Eps…
The Color of Representation: Congressional Behavior and Black Interests
The central domestic issue in the United States over the long history of this nation has been the place of the people of color in American society. One aspect of this debate is how African-Americans are represented in Congress. Kenny J. Whitby examines congressional responsiveness to black interests by focusing on the representational link between African-American constituents and the policymaking behavior of members of the United States House of…
Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics. Michael C. Dawson
A Longitudinal Analysis of Competing Explanations for the Transformation of Southern Congressional Politics
This study analyzes the voting behavior of southern members of the House during the Ninety-first through One-hundredth Congresses. We build upon the literature regarding constituency influence and congressional voting to account for more liberal voting records on civil rights measures by southern Democratic incumbents. Our primary hypothesis is that long-term Democratic incumbents have altered their voting patterns due in part to the mobilization…
Southern legislator responsiveness to blacks: The conditioning effect of urbanization
The impact of black voter participation since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has received much attention. Although researchers have generally concluded that blacks have had some impact on inducing southern congressmen to be more responsive to their needs, they are less sure about the relationship. This research explores the possibility that urbanization may be conditioning the effect of race as a cause of legislator responsiveness. …
The Impact of Policy Voting on the Electoral Fortunes of Senate Incumbents
STUDENTS of congressional politics have long recognized the importance of studying the complex, multifaceted business of electing Congress. Most research on congressional elections has focused on House races, but scholarly attention to Senate elections has been increasing primarily because of the 1978 Center for Political Studies National Election Study (CPS/NES) which contained for the first time a variety of questions on voting for Senate candi…
Effects of the Interaction between Race and Urbanization on Votes of Southern Congressmen
The urbanization and racial composition of congressional districts have often been used separately to explain southern members' voting behavior. This study, however, examines the possibility that these sociodemographic forces may interact to induce southern legislators to cast their roll-call votes in a more liberal direction. Using ordinary least squares regression, the author finds that this joint effect is a powerful predictor of liberal votin…
Race, Issue Heterogeneity and Public Policy: The Republican Revolution in the 104th US Congress and the Representation of African-American Policy Interests
Does the voting behaviour of African-American legislators differ significantly from their white colleagues on legislative issues of importance to the black community? This question is important for two reasons. First, the underlying premise behind creating more majority-black legislative districts is that black legislators do a better job of representing the policy interests of black constituents than do white lawmakers.Charles Cameron, David Eps…
Effects of the Interaction between Race and Urbanization on Votes of Southern Congressmen
The urbanization and racial composition of congressional districts have often been used separately to explain southern members' voting behavior. This study, however, examines the possibility that these sociodemographic forces may interact to induce southern legislators to cast their roll-call votes in a more liberal direction. Using ordinary least squares regression, the author finds that this joint effect is a powerful predictor of liberal votin…
The Effect of Black Descriptive Representation on Black Electoral Turnout in the 2004 Elections
Objective. The principal objective in this study is to examine the effects of African‐American descriptive representation on African‐American voter turnout levels. As it stands, the extant literature on minority electoral empowerment has produced conflicting reports. Methods. Unlike previous investigations, this study employs official voter turnout data from the States of Louisiana and South Carolina to test the theoretical assertion that black d…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Competing Explanations for the Transformation of Southern Congressional Politics
This study analyzes the voting behavior of southern members of the House during the Ninety-first through One-hundredth Congresses. We build upon the literature regarding constituency influence and congressional voting to account for more liberal voting records on civil rights measures by southern Democratic incumbents. Our primary hypothesis is that long-term Democratic incumbents have altered their voting patterns due in part to the mobilization…
The Impact of Policy Voting on the Electoral Fortunes of Senate Incumbents
STUDENTS of congressional politics have long recognized the importance of studying the complex, multifaceted business of electing Congress. Most research on congressional elections has focused on House races, but scholarly attention to Senate elections has been increasing primarily because of the 1978 Center for Political Studies National Election Study (CPS/NES) which contained for the first time a variety of questions on voting for Senate candi…
Bill Sponsorship and Intraracial Voting among African American Representatives
Understanding the political implication of increasing minority, descriptive representation through race-conscious redistricting has been of major interest to congressional researchers in recent years. This research departs from past studies by examining intraracial roll-call voting behavior among African American representatives. Utilizing bill sponsorship data over an 8-year period (1991-1998) and event count regression, this investigation revea…
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
Impact of organizational vitality on Black voter turnout in the South
In the voting behaviour literature, political organizations are often mentioned as playing an important role in mobilizing a deactivated electorate. Nevertheless, researchers have paid little attention to the relationship between organization strength and Black voter participation. In this study, a direct test of the organizational strength hypothesis is examined by utilizing official voter turnout data at the county level from the November 2004 …
Southern legislator responsiveness to blacks: The conditioning effect of urbanization
The impact of black voter participation since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has received much attention. Although researchers have generally concluded that blacks have had some impact on inducing southern congressmen to be more responsive to their needs, they are less sure about the relationship. This research explores the possibility that urbanization may be conditioning the effect of race as a cause of legislator responsiveness. …
Effects of the Interaction between Race and Urbanization on Votes of Southern Congressmen
The urbanization and racial composition of congressional districts have often been used separately to explain southern members' voting behavior. This study, however, examines the possibility that these sociodemographic forces may interact to induce southern legislators to cast their roll-call votes in a more liberal direction. Using ordinary least squares regression, the author finds that this joint effect is a powerful predictor of liberal votin…
Southern legislator responsiveness to blacks: The conditioning effect of urbanization
The impact of black voter participation since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has received much attention. Although researchers have generally concluded that blacks have had some impact on inducing southern congressmen to be more responsive to their needs, they are less sure about the relationship. This research explores the possibility that urbanization may be conditioning the effect of race as a cause of legislator responsiveness. …
The Impact of Policy Voting on the Electoral Fortunes of Senate Incumbents
STUDENTS of congressional politics have long recognized the importance of studying the complex, multifaceted business of electing Congress. Most research on congressional elections has focused on House races, but scholarly attention to Senate elections has been increasing primarily because of the 1978 Center for Political Studies National Election Study (CPS/NES) which contained for the first time a variety of questions on voting for Senate candi…
A Longitudinal Analysis of Competing Explanations for the Transformation of Southern Congressional Politics
This study analyzes the voting behavior of southern members of the House during the Ninety-first through One-hundredth Congresses. We build upon the literature regarding constituency influence and congressional voting to account for more liberal voting records on civil rights measures by southern Democratic incumbents. Our primary hypothesis is that long-term Democratic incumbents have altered their voting patterns due in part to the mobilization…
Behind the Mule: Race and Class in African-American Politics. Michael C. Dawson
The Color of Representation: Congressional Behavior and Black Interests
The central domestic issue in the United States over the long history of this nation has been the place of the people of color in American society. One aspect of this debate is how African-Americans are represented in Congress. Kenny J. Whitby examines congressional responsiveness to black interests by focusing on the representational link between African-American constituents and the policymaking behavior of members of the United States House of…
Race, Issue Heterogeneity and Public Policy: The Republican Revolution in the 104th US Congress and the Representation of African-American Policy Interests
Does the voting behaviour of African-American legislators differ significantly from their white colleagues on legislative issues of importance to the black community? This question is important for two reasons. First, the underlying premise behind creating more majority-black legislative districts is that black legislators do a better job of representing the policy interests of black constituents than do white lawmakers.Charles Cameron, David Eps…
Bill Sponsorship and Intraracial Voting among African American Representatives
Understanding the political implication of increasing minority, descriptive representation through race-conscious redistricting has been of major interest to congressional researchers in recent years. This research departs from past studies by examining intraracial roll-call voting behavior among African American representatives. Utilizing bill sponsorship data over an 8-year period (1991-1998) and event count regression, this investigation revea…
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
The Effect of Black Descriptive Representation on Black Electoral Turnout in the 2004 Elections
Objective. The principal objective in this study is to examine the effects of African‐American descriptive representation on African‐American voter turnout levels. As it stands, the extant literature on minority electoral empowerment has produced conflicting reports. Methods. Unlike previous investigations, this study employs official voter turnout data from the States of Louisiana and South Carolina to test the theoretical assertion that black d…
Impact of organizational vitality on Black voter turnout in the South
In the voting behaviour literature, political organizations are often mentioned as playing an important role in mobilizing a deactivated electorate. Nevertheless, researchers have paid little attention to the relationship between organization strength and Black voter participation. In this study, a direct test of the organizational strength hypothesis is examined by utilizing official voter turnout data at the county level from the November 2004 …
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