The effect of political structures on the socioeconomic characteristics of urban city council members

Timothy Bledsoe; Susan Welch

doi:10.1177/1532673X8501300405

The effect of political structures on the socioeconomic characteristics of urban city council members

Timothy Bledsoe, Susan Welch

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The merits and drawbacks of different kinds of political structures are frequently debated and much less frequently subjected to empirical tests. In this article we explore some hypotheses concerning the effects of nonpartisanship and at-large elections on the income and education levels of those elected to city councils. Using a nationwide data base of nearly 1000 council members, we find that our hypotheses concerning the impacts of the “reform” institutions are confirmed to a modest extent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	467-483
Number of pages	17
Journal	American Politics Research
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X8501300405
State	Published - Oct 1985

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Sociology and Political Science

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