Argument and Evidence in Ethnic Analysis: "Hispanics in the Public Service"
本文指出西班牙裔人口虽增长，但在各级政府关键行政职位中代表性不足，以1980年代数据说明其公共部门参与率落后于私营部门。
Consider a central point announced in the abstract of the article: although Hispanics are increasing in numbers, they are underrepresented in key administrative positions at all levels of government. This creates a concern.. .that Hispanics will not get their share of...positions in the executive, administrative, managerial, and professional ranks (p. 2). Underrepresentation is a matter of comparative ratios, in this case the proportion of Hispanics in government positions compared to those in some relevant population base. The author quite appropriately takes the proportion of the civilian labor force as his base, pointing out that Hispanic participation rates in federal, state, and local governments lagged behind the private sector throughout the 1980s (p. 2). This fact is demonstrated in the top half of his Table 2.