02565nam 22005413u 450 991045424500332120210114013310.0(CKB)1000000000688690(EBL)318676(OCoLC)476114044(SSID)ssj0000364474(PQKBManifestationID)12080236(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364474(PQKBWorkID)10398123(PQKB)11077733(MiAaPQ)EBC318676(EXLCZ)99100000000068869020130418d2007|||| u|| |engtxtccrPolitical Gerrymandering and the Courts[electronic resource]New York Algora Publishing20071 online resource (352 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-263-2 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; IndexThis 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.Apportionment (Election law) -- United StatesApportionment (Election law)Election districts -- United StatesElection districtsElectronic books.Apportionment (Election law) -- United States.Apportionment (Election law).Election districts -- United States.Election districts.342.73342.7307Grofman Bernard145487AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454245003321Political Gerrymandering and the Courts2162657UNINA