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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Grofman, Bernard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Agathon Press, ©1998.
Colección:Agathon series on representation ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 volume, the primary focus is on the practical politics of redistricting and its consequences for racial representation. Almost all the authors have been directly involved in the 1990's redistricting process either as a legislator, a member of the Voting Rights Section of the Justice Department, a member of a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 405 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index.
ISBN:0875862659
9780875862651
9786610655991
6610655995
1280655992
9781280655999