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- catalog abstract ""In part, this book is a brief against census adjustment. It begins by arguing that the inherent unreliability of racial and ethnic data requires a more realistic standard of accuracy than has typically been adopted by adjustment advocates. It also maintains that the implications of the undercount for both minorities and nonminorities--including the partisan interests of Democrats and Republicans--are grossly exaggerated and misunderstood. A novel intervention into a highly complex system, adjustment would produce all sorts of unpredictable results ..."--Introduction, p.1.".
- catalog contributor b11695104.
- catalog coverage "United States Census.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In part, this book is a brief against census adjustment. It begins by arguing that the inherent unreliability of racial and ethnic data requires a more realistic standard of accuracy than has typically been adopted by adjustment advocates. It also maintains that the implications of the undercount for both minorities and nonminorities--including the partisan interests of Democrats and Republicans--are grossly exaggerated and misunderstood. A novel intervention into a highly complex system, adjustment would produce all sorts of unpredictable results ..."--Introduction, p.1.".
- catalog description "Census politics : boundaries and bureaucracies -- Creating racial and ethnic categories -- The undercount : causes and proposed remedies -- The politics of census adjustment.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 261 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Counting on the census?".
- catalog identifier "081577964X (hc : acid-free)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Counting on the census?".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Counting on the census?".
- catalog spatial "United States Census.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "304.6/07/23 21".
- catalog subject "Apportionment (Election law) United States.".
- catalog subject "Census.".
- catalog subject "Group identity United States.".
- catalog subject "HT1521 .S535 2000".
- catalog subject "Race.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Census politics : boundaries and bureaucracies -- Creating racial and ethnic categories -- The undercount : causes and proposed remedies -- The politics of census adjustment.".
- catalog title "Counting on the census? : race, group identity, and the evasion of politics / Peter Skerry.".
- catalog type "Census. fast".
- catalog type "text".