Who participates in local government? Evidence from meeting minutes
dc.contributor.author | Einstein, Katherine Levine | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Palmer, Maxwell | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Glick, David M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-13T18:40:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-13T18:40:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Katherine Levine Einstein, Maxwell Palmer, David M Glick. 2018. "Who Participates in Local Government? Evidence from Meeting Minutes." Perspectives on Politics, pp. 1 - 19. https://doi.org/10.1017/s153759271800213x | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1537-5927 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1541-0986 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/34276 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scholars and policymakers have highlighted institutions that enable community participation as a potential buffer against existing political inequalities. Yet these venues may bias policy discussions in favor of an unrepresentative group of individuals. To explore who participates, we compile a novel data set by coding thousands of instances of citizens speaking at planning and zoning board meetings concerning housing development. We match individuals to a voter file to investigate local political participation in housing and development policy. We find that individuals who are older, male, longtime residents, voters in local elections, and homeowners are significantly more likely to participate in these meetings. These individuals overwhelmingly (and to a much greater degree than the general public) oppose new housing construction. These participatory inequalities have important policy implications and may be contributing to rising housing costs. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | p. 1 - 19 | en_US |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Perspectives on Politics | |
dc.subject | Social sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Political science | en_US |
dc.subject | Government & law | en_US |
dc.subject | Political efficacy | en_US |
dc.subject | Political science & public administration | en_US |
dc.title | Who participates in local government? Evidence from meeting minutes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Accepted manuscript | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/s153759271800213x | |
pubs.elements-source | manual-entry | en_US |
pubs.notes | Embargo: Not known | en_US |
pubs.organisational-group | Boston University | en_US |
pubs.organisational-group | Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences | en_US |
pubs.organisational-group | Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Political Science | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | en_US |
dc.date.online | 2018-10-14 | |
dc.date.online | 2018-10-14 | |
dc.date.online | 2018-10-14 | |
dc.date.online | 2018-10-14 | |
dc.date.online | 2018-10-14 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7991-2499 (Palmer, Maxwell) |
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