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T-6   Theme Panel: The Complexities of Inequality and Political Behavior: Class, Color and Descriptive Representation
Date: Saturday, Aug 30, 8:00 AM
Co-sponsored by 32-20 and 36-26
Chair: Katherine Tate
University of California, Irvine, ktate@uci.edu

Author(s):
Exploring the Power of Linked Fate in a Multi-Racial Context: A Get-Out-The-Vote Experiment
Melissa R. Michelson
California State University, East Bay, melissa.michelson@gmail.com
  Lisa Garcia Bedolla
  University of California, Irvine, lgarciab@berkeley.edu

Descriptive Representation and Voter Participation: A New Look at Individual, Aggregate and Multi-Level Explanations
Lee D. Walker
University of South Carolina, walker23@gwm.sc.edu
  Kenny J. Whitby
  University of South Carolina, Whitby@sc.edu
  Christopher Zorn
  Pennsylvania State University, zorn@psu.edu
  Todd C. Shaw
  University of South Carolina, shawtc@sc.edu

The Political Consequences of Black Empowerment on Black Caribbean and African Americans
Wassim Tarraf
Wayne State University, ai2483@wayne.edu
  Ronald E. Brown
  Wayne State University, rebrown@wayne.edu

The Effect of Descriptive Representation on Constituents' Ability to Hold Legislators Accountable
Philip E. Jones
Harvard University


Co-Discussant(s): Kevin Arceneaux
Temple University, kevin.arceneaux@temple.edu
Katherine Tate
University of California, Irvine, ktate@uci.edu