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Drawing the Lines : Constraints on Partisan Gerrymandering in U.S. Politics /
Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Perceptions and misperceptions of partisan redistricting
- A theory of constrained redistricting
- The unrealized precedent of Davis v. Bandemer
- Second order challenges and the rise of mid-decade redistricting
- Redistricting and partisan bias
- Redistricting, electoral responsiveness, and democracy
- Implications for redistricting reform.