Tyson King-Meadows is Assistant Professor and Thomas F. Schaller is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

• List of Illustrations List of TablesAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The State Link in the Chain 2. Race and Representation in State Legislatures 3. The Black Electoral Connection 4. When Identity and Constituency Collide at Roll Call 5. The Institutionalization of Black State Legislative Power 6. Black Legislators, Black Constituents, and the Devolution Revolution 7. Nationalizing Black State Interests8. Devolutionary Dangers Appendix A: Underlying Data for Figures 3.2a and 3.2bAppendix B: Trends in AFDC/TANF Recipient CharacteristicsAppendix C: Methods for Reexamining Sticks and Carrots Notes BibliographyIndex

Tyson King-Meadows is Assistant Professor and Thomas F. Schaller is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

• List of Illustrations List of TablesAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The State Link in the Chain 2. Race and Representation in State Legislatures 3. The Black Electoral Connection 4. When Identity and Constituency Collide at Roll Call 5. The Institutionalization of Black State Legislative Power 6. Black Legislators, Black Constituents, and the Devolution Revolution 7. Nationalizing Black State Interests8. Devolutionary Dangers Appendix A: Underlying Data for Figures 3.2a and 3.2bAppendix B: Trends in AFDC/TANF Recipient CharacteristicsAppendix C: Methods for Reexamining Sticks and Carrots Notes BibliographyIndex

Tyson King-Meadows is Assistant Professor and Thomas F. Schaller is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

• List of Illustrations List of TablesAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The State Link in the Chain 2. Race and Representation in State Legislatures 3. The Black Electoral Connection 4. When Identity and Constituency Collide at Roll Call 5. The Institutionalization of Black State Legislative Power 6. Black Legislators, Black Constituents, and the Devolution Revolution 7. Nationalizing Black State Interests8. Devolutionary Dangers Appendix A: Underlying Data for Figures 3.2a and 3.2bAppendix B: Trends in AFDC/TANF Recipient CharacteristicsAppendix C: Methods for Reexamining Sticks and Carrots Notes BibliographyIndex