03276nam 2200685Ia 450 991077767010332120230501175405.00-7914-8549-81-4237-4019-X(CKB)1000000000458436(OCoLC)62757285(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594834(SSID)ssj0000231979(PQKBManifestationID)11175175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231979(PQKBWorkID)10207906(PQKB)11039367(MiAaPQ)EBC3408507(OCoLC)62338533(MdBmJHUP)muse6121(Au-PeEL)EBL3408507(CaPaEBR)ebr10594834(EXLCZ)99100000000045843620030827h20042004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRace, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting minority-opportunity districts and the election of Hispanics and Blacks to city councils /Joshua G. BehrAlbany :State University of New York Press,2004.©20041 online resource (xi, 158 pages) illustrationsSUNY series in African American studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5995-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-150) and indexes."Why do cities with similar minority populations vary greatly in the adoption of minority-opportunity districts and, by extension, differ in the number of elected Hispanic and black representatives? Through in-depth research of the districting processes of more than 100 cities, Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting provides the first nationwide study of minority-opportunity districts at the local level. Joshua G. Behr explores the motives of the players involved, including incumbent legislators, Department of Justice officials, and organized interests, while investigating the roles that segregation, federal oversight, litigation, partisan elections, and resource disparity, among others, play in the election of Hispanics and blacks. Behr's book documents - for both theorists and practitioners - the necessary conditions for enhancing minority-opportunity districts at the local level."--JacketRace, ethnicity, & the politics of city redistrictingCity council membersUnited StatesLocal electionsUnited StatesApportionment (Election law)United StatesGerrymanderingUnited StatesAfrican American legislatorsHispanic American legislatorsCity council membersLocal electionsApportionment (Election law)GerrymanderingAfrican American legislators.Hispanic American legislators.320.8/5/08900973Behr Joshua G.1967-1551435MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777670103321Race, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting3810934UNINA