Drawing the lines : constraints on partisan gerrymandering in U.S. politics /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Seabrook, Nicholas R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Canadian theses = Theses canadiennes.
Subjects:
Gerrymandering > United States.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Circonscriptions électorales > Remaniement arbitraire > États-Unis.
Répartition des sièges > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Campaigns & Elections.
Apportionment (Election law)
Gerrymandering.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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