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Counting like a state : how intergovernmental partnerships shaped the 2020 US census /

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An inside look at the 2020 Census that shows the importance of state and local cooperation in the complex federal project of census taking. The census plays a foundational, if all too easily ignored, role in the operation of the American state, shaping everything from congressional representation to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rocco, Philip (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2025].
Subjects:
United States > Census, 2020.
Demographic surveys > Political aspects > United States.
Intergovernmental cooperation > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Census Politics and the Federal System
  • Battle Royale: How State and Local Officials Stopped the Citizenship Question
  • A Sense of Where You Are: Local Knowledge and the Master Address File
  • Getting Out the Count: Partnerships, Politics, and Census Promotion
  • Between a Pandemic and a Power Grab: Federalism and the Politics of Census Integrity
  • Counting the Forgotten: How Governments Respond to Flawed Data
  • Conclusion.