Redistricting in the New Millennium

Herausgeber: Galderisi, Peter

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Politics, and the redistricting process through which it is carried out, has always been part of our history. In the last four decades, however, the frequency with which redistricting has taken place has grown dramatically. Through a series of theoretical, historical, and case study essays by leading scholars, Redistricting in the New Millennium addresses the complications of redistricting from before the 1812 plan setting gerrymandering to the latest Congressional races. The essays take the reader through the complicated issues of redistricting, addressing partisan, incumbent, racial, and judicial concerns. The book is essential for students of politics as well as anyone interested in the political process.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 755g
• ISBN-13: 9780739107188
• ISBN-10: 0739107186
• Artikelnr.: 21445202

Autorenporträt

Peter Galderisi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I - Introduction: Reapportionment and Redistricting: History
and Concepts
Chapter 2 Introduction: Redistricting Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 3 On the Systemic Consequences of Redistricting in the 1960s
Chapter 4 Redistricting and Incumbency: The New Voter Effect
Chapter 5 District Geography and Voters
Part 6 Part II - Race and Redistricting in the Old and New Millennia
Chapter 7 Race, Redistricting, and the Courts
Chapter 8 From Beer to Eternity: Why Race Will Always Predominate Under the
Voting Rights Act
Chapter 9 Minorities and Representation in the New Millennium
Part 10 Case Studies in the Old and New Millennia
Chapter 11 The Art of the Dummymander: The Impact of Recent Redistrictings
on the Partisan Makeup of Southern House Seats
Chapter 12 The Republicans Take Control: The 2001 Redistricting in Michigan
Chapter 13 All Quiet on the Western Front: Redistricting and Party
Competition in California House Elections
Chapter 14 Family Feud in Massachusetts: How Intra-party Dynamics Influence
Redistricting
Chapter 15 Iowa and the Political Consequences of Playing Redistricting
Straight
Part 16 Redistricting in the New Millennium: - Problems and Solutions
Chapter 17 Redistricting in Texas: Institutionalization Republican
Ascendancy
Chapter 18 Missing the Target: The Supreme Court, "One Person, One Vote,"
and Partisan Gerrymandering