representation of minority

"I respect their decision to put up the portraits, but where are the representations of minorities and women?"

The commission is examining many other issues, including campaign financing, community boards, ethics and representation of minority groups.

How do we counter judicial and legislative moves to undermine the political representation of minorities?

This challenge resulted in a change to the state's system and improved the representation of minority attorneys who represent the indigent.

Meanwhile, the representation of minorities appears increasingly bleak.

The publishers denied that and said they were determined to increase the representation of minority groups at The Daily News.

Insuring fair representation of minority groups requires a proportional electoral system, something recognized by almost all the world's democracies.

Mr. Lawrence said that racial quotas are not needed for police departments but steps can nonetheless be taken to increase the representation of minority groups.

Another factor may be the complicated ballot system, a result of Federal efforts to insure proportional representation of minority candidates.

There was a slightly disproportionate representation of minorities, but that was only a matter of interest to sociologists.

He said he believed that his proposal was either "race neutral" or would increase the representation of minority groups at the higher levels of the agency.

And by allowing the expression of the intensity of preferences, they increase the representation of minority interests, relative to simple majority rule.

Fairness (the occasional representation of minority interests) and efficiency (the weight given in decision-making to the intensity of preferences) go together.

These included fairness between political parties, effective representation of minority or special interest groups, political integration, effective voter participation and legitimacy.

Changing Representations of Minorities East and West.

The bylaws of the Board mandate representation of minority populations to assure diversity on the Board.

Furthermore, the maximum number of NMPs - nine - is said to be far too small to ensure proper representation of minority groups.

In particular, Mr. Schwarz says he is interested in finding ways to increase the representation of minority group members and minority political parties in government.

The Supreme Court has rejected the idea of "proportional representation," which refers to the proportional representation of minority groups in legislative bodies.

This proposal would allow for representation of minority views in legislative deliberations, as it does in deliberations at shareholder meetings of corporations.

Over representation of minority youths: States must systematically try to reduce confinement of minority youths to the proportion of those groups in the population.

Adequate representation of minority viewpoints in programming serves not only the needs and interests of the minority community but also enriches and educates the non-minority audience.

The association's statement said the actions in California and Texas, together with public debate about diversity, created "substantial uncertainty about the future representation of minority students within our student bodies."

Minority recruitment will remain an uphill battle, he said, "until we really get a good representation of minorities who are on the job that they recruit within their own families and communities."

Other district leaders complained about the low representation of minorities and women among the party's candidates, whose nominations require official approval at a convention, scheduled for next week, controlled by party leaders.