Redistricting in comparative perspective [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lisa Handley and Bernard Grofman

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.3/345
• Soggetto topico: Election districts; Apportionment (Election law); Comparative government
• Altri autori: HandleyLisa GrofmanBernard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; I. Introduction; II. Structuring the Process: The Boundary Authority; III. Setting the Rules: One Person, One Vote and Other Principles; IV. Making Provisions for Minority Representation; V. Taking Account of the Broader Context: Electoral Rules and Systems; VI. Measuring the Impact and Reforming the Process; VII. Multicountry Comparisons of Delimitation Practices; Appendices; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This indispensable introduction to the institutions, practices, and consequences of boundary delimitation around the world brings together some of the world's leading specialists on redistricting. - ;The aim of this book is threefold. First to put in one place for the convenience of both scholars and practitioners the basic data on redistricting practices in democracies around the world. Remarkably, this data has never before been collected. Second, to provide a series of short case studies that look in more detail at particular countries with regard to the institutions and practices that have
• Titolo autorizzato: Redistricting in comparative perspective
• ISBN: 1-383-03612-8; 1-281-77000-0; 9786611770006; 0-19-155170-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782102003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)