Race, Redistricting, and Representation - The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts

List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Race, Redistricting, and Representation in the U.S. House of RepresentativesChapter One: Black Interests, Difference, Commonality, and RepresentationChapter Two: A Legal Primer on Race and RedistrictingChapter Three: The Supply-Side Theory of Racial Redistricting, with Matthew M. Schousen and Patrick J. SellersChapter Four: Race and Representation in the U.S. House of RepresentativesChapter Five: Links to the ConstituencyChapter Six: Black Majority Districts: Failed Experiment or Catalyst for a Politics of Commonality?Appendix A. Data SourcesAppendix B. Procedures for Coding the Newspaper StoriesNotesReferencesIndex

Summary

This treatment of minority-dominated congressional districts shows that the unintended consequences of black majority districts actually contradict the common wisdom that whites will not be adequately represented in these areas.

Product details

• Authors: David T. Canon, David T. (University of Wisconsin Canon, Canon David T.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1999
• EAN: 9780226092713
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09271-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: American Politics & Political; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government, Black & Asian Studies, Central government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General