학술논문
Congress and Africa's constituency: The intersection of racial factors and related interests and business interests in the development of Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.
Document Type
Theses
Author
Source
Dissertation Abstracts International; Dissertation Abstract International; 66-08A.
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Summary: The study found that members of Congress and in particular its African-American legislators find themselves in a difficult political circumstance in efforts to advance core interests of their constituencies in a majoritarian and party dominated institutions. This may leave African-American legislators and certain interest groups little alternatives other than to find incremental and symbolic achievements sufficient in lull periods. Members of Congress' policy making decisions related to the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act were likely to be aligned with business interests consistent with racial factors such as majority-minority district composition and other interests salient in their districts.