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Book Synopsis Redistricting in the New Millennium by : Peter F. Galderisi
Download or read book Redistricting in the New Millennium written by Peter F. Galderisi and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process and politics of redistricting have become more complicated over the years. This volume addresses that complication through a series of theoretical, historical, and case study essays.
Book Synopsis Redistricting by : Charles S. Bullock
Download or read book Redistricting written by Charles S. Bullock and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title This authoritative overview of election redistricting at the congressional, state legislative, and local level provides offers an overview of redistricting for students and practitioners. The updated second edition pays special attention to the significant redistricting controversies of the last decade, from the Supreme Court to state courts.
Download or read book Redistricting Preview written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Realities of Redistricting by : Jonathan Winburn
Download or read book The Realities of Redistricting written by Jonathan Winburn and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tests the effectiveness of political control and neutral rules on limiting partisan gerrymandering in state legislative redistricting. Specifically, the book examines the 2000 redistricting process in eight states_Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and Washington.
Download or read book Party Lines written by Thomas E. Mann and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2008-05-31 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legitimacy of the American electoral system depends on sustaining reasonable levels of fairness, accountability, responsiveness, and common sense. Recent Congressional elections fly in the face of those requirements, however, with a startling lack of competition, growing ideological polarization, and a fierce struggle between the parties to manipulate the electoral rules of the game. Party Lines addresses these problems head on in an authoritative and timely analysis of redistricting in the United States. The practice of state legislatures redrawing district lines after the decennial census has long been a controversial aspect of our governing system. Recent developments have added new urgency to earlier debates. The sorry spectacle of mid-decade partisan gerrymandering in Texas renewed public attention to the potential problems of redistricting, reinforcing the view that it is unfairly dominated by self-serving elected officials and parties. The perfunctory character of Congressional elections is another growing problem—in 2002, only four House incumbents were defeated in the general election, the lowest in American history. Despite a hotly contested presidential contest in 2004, that number increased by only three. In Pa rty Lines, eminent political analysts explain the legal and political history of redistricting since the one person–one vote revolution in the 1960s and place it in the larger context of American politics. The authors document the impact of redistricting on competition, polarization, and partisan fairness, and they assess the role technology played in the redistricting process. The final chapter analyzes options for reform, including most importantly the use of independent redistricting commissions as an alternative to the normal state legislative process. Redistricting reform is no panacea but it is a start toward ensuring that American voters still have the largest say in who will represent them. Contributors include Micah
Book Synopsis Does Redistricting Make a Difference? by : Mark E. Rush
Download or read book Does Redistricting Make a Difference? written by Mark E. Rush and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature, with the approval of Governor Elbridge Gerry, split Essex County in an effort to dilute the strength of the Federalists. Noting the resemblance of the new, oddly shaped district to a well-known amphibian, a local newspaper dubbed the creation a "gerrymander." Less well known about this oft-recounted episode of American history, writes political scientist Mark Rush, is its outcome: in the ensuing election, the Federalists won the district anyway. Today, politically divisive redistricting--gerrymandering to some--still causes bitter reapportionment disputes, renewed threats of class action lawsuits, and legislative wrangling. In Does Redistricting Make a Difference? Rush offers a skeptical inquiry into this controversy and a critical assessment of the assumptions underlying current analyses of the redistricting process. He focuses on long-term voting results in redrawn districts and concludes that redistricting--at least given present criteria and guidelines--has little impact. By showing how difficult it is to perpetrate a successful partisan gerrymander, Rush challenges the notion that an electorate can be organized into Democratic and Republican "groups." He further questions the validity of current political research--and highly paid political consulting--undertaken on the assumption that such organization is feasible. Certain to provoke discussion and debate, Does Redistricting make a Difference? is a timely look at a topic as controversial today as it was in the days of Elbridge Gerry.
Book Synopsis Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West by : Gary F. Moncrief
Download or read book Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West written by Gary F. Moncrief and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West, Gary F. Moncrief brings together some of the best-known scholars in American state and electoral politics to explore the unique processes and problems of redistricting in the western United States. These political scientists examine the specific challenges facing western states in ensuring fair and balanced political representation. Western states tend to be geographically large and experiencing rapid population growth and the chapters in this enlightening volume discuss the changing demographics in western states, paying special attention to the rise in the Latino population and the effect this has had on reapportionment and redistricting. They describe the ways in which some of these states achieve redistricting through independent redistricting commissions—a process rarely found in other regions—and they provide policy prescriptions for the future.
Book Synopsis Congressional Redistricting by : David Butler
Download or read book Congressional Redistricting written by David Butler and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1992 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Redistricting, Part One by : Brody, Dan
Download or read book Redistricting, Part One written by Brody, Dan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Increasing the Membership of the House of Representatives and Redistricting Congressional Districts by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Download or read book Increasing the Membership of the House of Representatives and Redistricting Congressional Districts written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Realists' Guide to Redistricting by : J. Gerald Hebert
Download or read book The Realists' Guide to Redistricting written by J. Gerald Hebert and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2000 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gerrymandering and Voting Districts by : Rita Santos
Download or read book Gerrymandering and Voting Districts written by Rita Santos and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerrymandering, the manipulation of boundaries in order to benefit one group or political party, is not new, but thanks to technology it is more widespread. Questions about the constitutionality of gerrymandering have gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. This provocative volume explores the practice of partisan redistricting, how it affects elections and policy, whether it is unconstitutional, and above all what must be done to ensure that control of the government rests in the hands of the people.
Download or read book Congressional Redistricting written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Political Geometry written by Moon Duchin and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2022-04-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Why does my congressional district look like a salamander?” Politically engaged citizens have been asking this question for far too long. This volume collects perspectives from a wide cross-section of disciplines to explain what drives gerrymandering, why it can be hard to stamp out, and how we might go about fixing it. With topics ranging from the Voting Rights Act to Markov chains to the geography of communities, this book serves as a 21st century toolkit for how we can better approach this corrosive phenomenon. The volume editors gather experts from a variety of fields to provide as many different perspectives on gerrymandering as possible. Thanks to the breadth of expertise found across these chapters, ranging from lawyers to mathematicians to civil rights activists, readers will discover new ways of thinking about redistricting in the United States. Illustrations and helpful walkthroughs appear throughout to clearly explain otherwise complex ideas from these areas. Political Geometry is a must-have for anybody interested in political representation in the United States elections, and for anyone who’s ever thought, “There must be a better way to do this.”
Book Synopsis Redistricting and Representation by : Thomas Lloyd Brunell
Download or read book Redistricting and Representation written by Thomas Lloyd Brunell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theories of representation -- Voters prefer to win elections -- Traditional redistricting principles -- Why competitive elections are bad and noncompetitive elections are good -- Addressing the critiques.
Book Synopsis Gerrymandering by : Franklin L. Kury
Download or read book Gerrymandering written by Franklin L. Kury and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains gerrymandering and its relevance to the functioning of our government system and describes what can be done to reform it.
