Elbridge Gerry's salamander : the electoral consequences of the reapportionment revolution / / Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Cox Gary W.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 328.73/07345
• Soggetto topico: Apportionment (Election law) - United States; Election districts - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Persona (resp. second.): KatzJonathan N <1968-> (Jonathan Neil)
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I Introduction; PART II Democrats and Republicans; PART III Incumbents and Challengers; PART IV Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in America's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required. This book provides a detailed analysis of how judicial partisanship affected redistricting outcomes in the 1960s, arguing that the reapportionment revolution led indirectly to three fundamental changes in the nature of congressional elections: the abrupt eradication of a 6% pro-Republican bias in the translation of congressional votes into seats outside the south; the abrupt increase in the apparent advantage of incumbents; and the abrupt alteration of the two parties' success in congressional recruitment and elections.
• Titolo autorizzato: Elbridge Gerry's salamander
• ISBN: 1-107-12431-X; 1-280-41921-0; 0-511-17618-X; 0-511-04184-5; 0-511-15691-X; 0-511-30429-3; 0-511-60621-4; 0-511-04430-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449751703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Political economy of institutions and decisions.