Voting Rights and Minority Representation - Redistricting, 1992-2002

Informationen zum Autor David A. Bositis is a Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Dr. Bositis has served as an expert witness in a number of major voting rights court cases, including the U.S. Supreme Court's Hays v. Louisiana II and Johnson v. Mortham in Florida. Klappentext Throughout its history, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has called attention to the importance of the redistricting process for minority representation. To help those who share these concerns, and to understand the first redistricting process of the 21st century, the Joint Center convened a one-day conference in May 2002 entitled 'Redistricting, 1992-2002: Voting Rights and Minority Representation.' Many of the nation's most influential figures in the voting-rights and redistricting community presented papers at the conference. This book is a collection of six of the paper presented at the conference. Zusammenfassung Contributes to various enhancements of voting rights and minority representation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 List of Figures and Tables Chapter 3 Introduction: Advancing Minority Voting Rights: How Do We Get From Here to There? Chapter 4 Redistricting and Voting Rights Issues, 1992-2002: A Legal Analysis Chapter 5 Political Parties, Redistricting, and Minority Representation: The Southern States, 1992-2002 Chapter 6 Drawing Effective Minority Districts: A Conceptual Model Chapter 7 Redistricting 2000: A Lost Opportunity for Latinos Chapter 8 Reapportionment / Redistricting Politics in Georgia: The 1990s and 2001-2002: Reflections of a Participant-Observer Chapter 9 Racial Redistricting and Southern Republican Congressional Gains in the 1990s Chapter 10 About the Authors

Product details

• Authors: David A. Bositis
• Assisted by: David A Bositis (Editor), David A. Bositis (Editor), Bositis David A. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2006
• EAN: 9780761830436
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3043-6
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Joint Center for Political and; Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Civil rights & citizenship, Elections & referenda, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Civics and citizenship, Elections and referenda / suffrage