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Informationen zum Autor Peter Galderisi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part I - Introduction: Reapportionment and Redistricting: History and Concepts Chapter 2 Introduction: Redistricting Past! Present! and Future Chapter 3 On the Systemic Consequences of Redistricting in the 1960s Chapter 4 Redistricting and Incumbency: The New Voter Effect Chapter 5 District Geography and Voters Part 6 Part II - Race and Redistricting in the Old and New Millennia Chapter 7 Race! Redistricting! and the Courts Chapter 8 From Beer to Eternity: Why Race Will Always Predominate Under the Voting Rights Act Chapter 9 Minorities and Representation in the New Millennium Part 10 Case Studies in the Old and New Millennia Chapter 11 The Art of the Dummymander: The Impact of Recent Redistrictings on the Partisan Makeup of Southern House Seats Chapter 12 The Republicans Take Control: The 2001 Redistricting in Michigan Chapter 13 All Quiet on the Western Front: Redistricting and Party Competition in California House Elections Chapter 14 Family Feud in Massachusetts: How Intra-party Dynamics Influence Redistricting Chapter 15 Iowa and the Political Consequences of Playing Redistricting Straight Part 16 Redistricting in the New Millennium: - Problems and Solutions Chapter 17 Redistricting in Texas: Institutionalization Republican Ascendancy Chapter 18 Missing the Target: The Supreme Court! "One Person! One Vote!" and Partisan Gerrymandering ...
