The Election of Openly Gay Public Officials in American Communities  

Oleh:

Button, James W. ; Wald, Kenneth D. ; Rienzo, Barbara A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Urban Affairs Review vol. 35 no. 2 (Nov. 1999), page 188-209.
Topik: lesbians; gay men; election; urbanism/social diversity; resource mobilization; political opportunity structure; communal protest; political minority
Fulltext: 188UAR352.pdf (76.58KB)

Isi artikel

As a newly emergent political minority, lesbians and gay men have begun to seek representation in political office, particularly at the local level. Using a purposeful sample of 126 cities and counties, the authors explore openly gay candidacies for, and election to, public office in the early 1990s. They employed four theoretical models—urbanism/social diversity, resource mobilization, political opportunity structure, and communal protest—that have been useful in explaining African-American, Latino, and female electoral success. The nature and pattern of electoral activities of lesbians and gay men are similar to those of other disadvantaged minorities.

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