03566oam 2200697 450 991013885550332120180804170210.09780472029525(ebook)04720295259780472119011(hardback)047211901X10.3998/mpub.5085808(CKB)2550000001139900(EBL)3570498(SSID)ssj0001048240(PQKBManifestationID)11569305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001048240(PQKBWorkID)10997523(PQKB)10397345(MiAaPQ)EBC3570498(OCoLC)864551166(MdBmJHUP)muse32379(MiU)10.3998/mpub.5085808(ScCtBLL)43dbe58b-58f5-442f-a46b-1672aa2519f3(MiAaPQ)EBC7007889(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28110(PPN)178053430(EXLCZ)99255000000113990020130719d2013 ub 0engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPartisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy /Erik J. EngstromAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,[2013]1 online resource (227 pages) PDF, digital file(s)Legislative politics and policy makingPrint version: 9780472119011 Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index."Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"--Provided by publisher.Legislative politics & policy making.GerrymanderingUnited StatesApportionment (Election law)United StatesElection districtsUnited StatesVotingUnited StatesRepresentative government and representationUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and governmentGerrymanderingApportionment (Election law)Election districtsVotingRepresentative government and representation328.73/073455POL008000POL006000POL007000bisacshEngstrom Erik J993664MiUMiU9910138855503321Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy2275289UNINA