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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454245003321

Autore

Grofman Bernard

Titolo

Political Gerrymandering and the Courts [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

342.73

342.7307

Soggetti

Apportionment (Election law) -- United States

Apportionment (Election law)

Election districts -- United States

Election districts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Political Gerrymandering and the Courts; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation; 2 The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution; What Does Bandemer Mean?; How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering; Applications: Indiana; Applications: California; Referenced Author Index; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is motivated by three concerns. First is the belief that the issue of political gerrymander will play a significant (although far from dominant) role in redistricting litigation in the 1990's and thereafter. In the 1980's, the legislative and/or congressional redistricting plans of all but a handful of states were subject to lawsuits (Grofman, 1985a). Many of these lawsuits involved the issue of racial vote dilution (Grofman, Migalski, and Noviello, 1985). In the 1980's hundreds of local jurisdictions that used at-large or multimember district elections had their electoral system.