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Autore: | Bickerstaff Steve |
Titolo: | Lines in the sand [[electronic resource] ] : congressional redistricting in Texas and the downfall of Tom DeLay / / by Steve Bickerstaff |
Pubblicazione: | Austin, Tex., : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina: | 328.763/073455 |
Soggetto topico: | Election districts - Texas |
Politics, Practical - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-446) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | The significance of the 2003 congressional redistricting in Texas -- Partisan politics and redistricting in Texas -- Racial and ethnic politics -- Electing the right Republicans: the Republican strategy for the 2002 election -- As partisan as the law allows: Republican strategy in 2003 -- Playing defense: Democratic strategy, 2001-2003 -- You gotta be kidding! The 2003 regular session -- No better option: the Democrats break the quorum in the House of Representatives -- Personal dilemmas: the first special session -- Is there a Democratic endgame? -- Republican triumph in the Senate -- Redistricting by cabal: the final redistricting plan -- The effects of the final plan -- The dilemma for racial- and ethnic-minority lawmakers and advocacy organizations -- The role of congressman Tom DeLay, Republican activists and donors, and the White House -- The legal implications of the 2003 redistricting -- Criminal investigations and indictments -- The fall of Congressman DeLay -- Conclusion. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Lines in the sand |
ISBN: | 0-292-79527-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452333703321 |
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