The 2016 election has triggered new interest in and speculation about longstanding questions the roles of race, gender, sexuality American politics. We argue that rather than anomalous exceptional, represents an extension – perhaps beginning a consolidation enduring intersecting configurations racialized gendered power, marginalization, oppression. examine some ways which these structure are structured by politics, exploring political consequences proximity to or distance from benefits white...

The online labor market Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is an increasingly popular source of respondents for social science research. A growing body research has examined the demographic composition MTurk workers as compared with that other populations. While these comparisons have revealed ways in which are and not representative general population, variations among samples drawn from received less attention. This article focuses on whether sample varies a function time. Specifically, we...

ABSTRACT How are LGBTQ+ issues represented within labor organizing and how they linked to broader debates about inequality? We answered these questions by examining press releases, internal resolutions, online resources from the American Federation of Labor Congress Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) Pride at Work (PAW) constituency group. find that significantly differ in their approaches symbolic substantive representation agenda setting. Across all three outcomes, PAW AFL-CIO vary issue...

Using the formation of a lesbian and gay electoral constituency as case, this article demonstrates how activists party elites contest construct collective identities groups. Activist–party interactions produce identity-building feedback that recognizes some groups rejects others, creating conditions for people to see themselves partisans. I call process “constitutive group mobilization.” find that, when actors affirmed civil rights libertarian constructions politics, mobilization was...

Abstract Marriage rights were extended to same‐sex couples in the United States 2015. However, anecdotes of bureaucratic noncompliance (in form bias or denial license issuance) raise possibility that de jure marriage equality has not led practice. We investigate this by conducting a nationwide audit experiment local‐level license–granting officials States. These vary constituencies they serve, as well how are selected, allowing us evaluate long‐standing hypotheses about responsiveness....

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers with 36,016 registered cases in 2020 United Kingdom. Access to care remains a policy priority across OECD countries, but there are concerns that socioeconomic inequalities have been amplified following COVID-19 pandemic due accumulated backlogs. Using administrative data from Hospital Episodes Statistics, this study examines different dimensions access prostate surgery England 2015-22, and whether such increased after COVID-19. multifaceted...

Prompt access to cancer care is a policy priority in several OECD countries, because delayed can exacerbate deleterious health outcomes. Access based on need remains key pillar of publicly-funded systems. This study tests for the presence inequalities waiting times by socioeconomic status patients receiving breast surgery (mastectomy or conserving surgery) England using Hospital Episode Statistics. We investigate separately pre-COVID-19 period (April 2015-January 2020), and COVID-19...

Puerto Ricans are a growing population on the U.S. mainland. They hold distinctive position in hierarchy of American citizenship because they disenfranchised national elections island but immediately become eligible to vote if move How can mainland be mobilized participate politics? This paper explores whether campaign contact increases Rican political participation. Using observational data, we establish that is associated with participation among Ricans. We also conduct survey experiment,...

Theories of out-group hostility have long held that attitudes about marginalized groups are important predictors policy support. These theories, however, mostly examined the white people and sexual orientation has rarely been a category analysis. Thus, we know less whether these theories conditional on group position in racial hierarchies. This paper argues processes marginalization shape hostility. Using comparative relational analysis, I examine support for pro-minority policies among...

Abstract Using a national audit of mayors in the United States, this paper examines responsiveness to Latine lesbian and gay constituents who request that their city issue an LGBTQ pride proclamation. Drawing on theories intersectionality, descriptive representation, political institutions, we articulate conditions under which are responsive public-facing constituency service requests proclamations. We find more from couples than couples. In addition, baseline our inquiry was influenced by...