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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Electing minority-preferred candidates to legislative office / Lisa Handley, Bernard Grofman, and Wayne Arden
  • Representation and ambition in the new African-American congressional districts / Matthew M. Schousen, David T. Canon, and Patrick J. Sellers
  • Estimating the impact of voting-rights-related districting on democratic strength in the U.S. House of Representatives / Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley
  • Voting rights in the 1990s / Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley
  • Post-1990 redistrictings and the preclearance requirement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Mark A. Posner
  • Predictably unpredictable / Tuckerman Babcock
  • Reapportionment wars / Morgan Kousser
  • Reapportionment strategies in the 1990s / Robert A. Holmes
  • Race and representational districting in Louisiana / Richard L. Engstrom and Jason E. Kirksey
  • Congressional redistricting in North Carolina / Patrick J. Sellers, David T. Canon, and Matthew M. Schousen
  • Legislative and congressional districting in South Carolina / Orville Vernon Burton
  • Politics of race / Winnett W. Hagens
  • Is there a better way to redistrict? / Donald Stokes
  • New York City redistricting / Alan Gartner.