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UNINA9910449751703321 |
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Autore |
Cox Gary W. |
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Titolo |
Elbridge Gerry's salamander : the electoral consequences of the reapportionment revolution / / Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
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1-107-12431-X |
1-280-41921-0 |
0-511-17618-X |
0-511-04184-5 |
0-511-15691-X |
0-511-30429-3 |
0-511-60621-4 |
0-511-04430-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Political economy of institutions and decisions |
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Apportionment (Election law) - United States |
Election districts - United States |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I Introduction; PART II Democrats and Republicans; PART III Incumbents and Challengers; PART IV Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in America's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was |
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