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Paru Shah

Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Verified email at rutgers.edu
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It takes a black candidate: A supply-side theory of minority representation

P Shah - Political Research Quarterly, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The ongoing underrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in most levels of office
continues to warrant our attention. However, scholars have only focused on what factors …

Demand and supply: Racial and ethnic minority candidates in White districts

EG Juenke, P Shah - Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, 2016 - cambridge.org
Do voters in white districts systematically obstruct minority representation? Despite a great
deal of public and scholarly attention, this question remains largely unresolved. We …

Motivating Participation: The Symbolic Effects of Latino Representation on Parent School Involvement*

P Shah - Social Science Quarterly, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… available on request from Paru Shah. An earlier version of this aticle was presented at the
2007 Annual Southern Political Science Meeting. Paru Shah thanks Melissa Marschall and …

The new racial calculus: Electoral institutions and black representation in local legislatures

…, AVS Ruhil, PR Shah - American Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we revisit the question of black representation on city councils and school
boards using a novel substantive and methodological approach and longitudinal data for a …

She persisted: Gender, electoral loss, and the decision to run again

J Dolan, P Shah - Political Research Quarterly, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Losing elections is a political reality for most candidates. While much fanfare was made of the
historic number of women who won in 2018, three times as many women ran and lost. And …

Linking the process and outcomes of parent involvement policy to the parent involvement gap

MJ Marschall, PR Shah - Urban Education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study compares what schools are doing to engage parents and analyzes the efficacy of
these initiatives across predominantly Black, Latino, and White schools. Using the National …

Black candidates and black turnout: A study of viability in louisiana mayoral elections

LJ Keele, PR Shah, I White, K Kay - The Journal of Politics, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
What effect does a candidate’s race have on coracial voter turnout? Recent studies have
found mixed results, largely because it is difficult to separate the effect of candidate race from …

The attitudinal effects of minority incorporation: Examining the racial dimensions of trust in urban America

M Marschall, PR Shah - Urban Affairs Review, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Although trust in government has been declining for all Americans, Black Americans continue
to be significantly less trusting than their White counterparts. Scholars have typically relied …

Women of color candidates: examining emergence and success in state legislative elections

P Shah, J Scott, EG Juenke - Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Scholars conclude that increasing the number of elected women of color is vital
to achieving gender and racial parity in US politics. Many challenges remain, however, in …

Parent involvement policy in established and new immigrant destinations

MJ Marschall, PR Shah, K Donato - Social Science Quarterly, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study examines how schools situated in different “contexts of reception” go
about the critical task of engaging and supporting immigrant parents. Methods Using data …