LEADER 04539nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910814103503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8549-8 010 $a1-4237-4019-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458436 035 $a(OCoLC)62757285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000231979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175175 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10207906 035 $a(PQKB)11039367 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408507 035 $a(OCoLC)62338533 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6121 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594834 035 $a(DE-B1597)683265 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791485491 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458436 100 $a20030827d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRace, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting $eminority-opportunity districts and the election of Hispanics and Blacks to city councils /$fJoshua G. Behr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 158 pages) $cillustrations 225 0$aSUNY series in African American studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7914-5995-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-150) and indexes. 327 $aIntro -- RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE POLITICS OF CITY REDISTRICTING -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The City: Stepchild of Redistricting Controversies -- 2. Making the Connection: The Links among System Aptitude, Minority-Opportunity Districts, and the Election of Hispanics and Blacks -- 3. Players in the Politics of "Selling" Minority- Opportunity Districts: Self-Serving Incumbents, the Feds, and Organized Interests -- 4. The Design: Review of Hypothesized Relationships, Data Sources, and Measurement of Variables -- 5. The Adoption of Hispanic and Black Minority-Opportunity Districts: Model Testing and Findings -- 6. The Election of Hispanic and Black Descriptive Representatives: Model Testing and Findings -- 7. Conclusion: The Meaning of Meaningful Electoral Opportunity -- Appendix A: Survey Design and Sample Questionnaires -- Appendix B: Cities Surveyed -- Appendix C: Cases Cited -- Appendix D: Operational Definition of Region -- Notes -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- Bibliography -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 330 $a"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."--Jacket 606 $aCity council members$zUnited States 606 $aLocal elections$zUnited States 606 $aApportionment (Election law)$zUnited States 606 $aGerrymandering$zUnited States 606 $aAfrican American legislators 606 $aHispanic American legislators 615 0$aCity council members 615 0$aLocal elections 615 0$aApportionment (Election law) 615 0$aGerrymandering 615 0$aAfrican American legislators. 615 0$aHispanic American legislators. 676 $a320.8/5/08900973 700 $aBehr$b Joshua G.$f1967-$01699155 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814103503321 996 $aRace, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting$94081185 997 $aUNINA