Race, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting : minority-opportunity districts and the election of Hispanics and Blacks to city councils / Joshua G. Behr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behr, Joshua G., 1967-

Series:

SUNY series in African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City council members--United States.

City council members.

Local elections--United States.

Local elections.

Apportionment (Election law)--United States.

Apportionment (Election law).

Gerrymandering.

United States.

Gerrymandering--United States.

African American legislators.

Hispanic American legislators.

Physical Description:

xi, 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]

Summary:

Why do cities with similar minority populations vary greatly in the adoption of minority-opportunity districts and, by extension, differ in the number of elected Hispanic and black representatives? Through in-depth research of the districting processes of more than 100 cities, "Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting provides the first nationwide study of minority-opportunity districts at the local level. Joshua G. Behr explores the motives of the players involved, including incumbent legislators, Department of Justice officials, and organized interests, while investigating the roles that segregation, federal oversight, litigation, partisan elections, and resource disparity, among others, play in the election of Hispanics and blacks. Behr's book documents-for both theorists and practitioners-the necessary conditions for enhancing minority-opportunity districts at the local level.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and indexes.

ISBN:

0791459950

0791459969

OCLC:

52963235