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Race and Redistricting in the 1990s.
A portrait of how the 1990's round of redistricting treated the racial and linguistic minorities that had been given special protections by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, primarily African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and those of Spanish heritage. Throughout the volum...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Pub.,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- RACE AND REDISTRICTING INTHE 1990s; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Race and Redistricting in the 1990s; PART I Theoretical and Empirical Issues; ELECTING MINORITY-PREFERRED CANDIDATES TO LEGISLATIVE OFFICE: The Relationship Between Minority Percentages in Districts and the Election of Minority-Preferred Candidates'; REPRESENTATION AND AMBITION IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: The Supply-side Effects THE NEW AFRICAN-AMERICAN; ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF DISTRICTING ON DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTING-RIGHTS -RELATED.
- PART TWO Legal and Enforcement IssuesVOTING RIGHTS IN THE 1990s: An Overview1; POST- 1990 REDISTRICTINGS AND THE PRECLEARANCE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; PART III Case Studies; PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE: The Alaskan State Supreme Court and Reapportionment; REAPPORTIONMENT WARS:? Party, Race, and Redistrictin In California, 197 1
- 1992; REAPPORTIONMENT STRATEGIES IN THE 1990s: The Case of Georgia; RACE.