The effects of descriptive representation on nonprofits' civic intermediary roles: A test of the "racial mismatch" hypothesis in the social services sector

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 741-760

  LeRoux, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Political representation; Race; Representative bureaucracy; Social service organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350050338     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008318710     Document Type: Article

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