01546nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000077473 StDuBDS 20150804193930.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120417s2012 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199933433 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS E184.A1 320.080973 23 Kanthak, Kristin. The diversity paradox [electronic resource] : parties, legislatures, and the organizational foundations of representation in America / Kristin Kanthak and George Krause. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. The authors assert that representative institutions such as legislatures face a 'diversity paradox': when the size of a minority group increases beyond mere 'tokenism' in representative institutions, it tends to create an unintended backlash toward the minority group's members. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Minorities Political activity United States. Representative government and representation United States. United States Politics and government. Krause, George A., 1965- Print version 9780199891726 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199891726.001.0001 37276 37276