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The end of inequality : one person, one vote and the transformation of American politics / Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ansolabehere, Stephen.
- Series:
- Issues in American democracy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
- Apportionment (Election law).
- History.
- United States.
- Apportionment (Election law)--United States--History--20th century.
- Proportional representation--United States.
- Proportional representation.
- Election districts--United States.
- Election districts.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, [2008]
- Summary:
- The End of Inequality takes a close look at Baker v. Carr, the pivotal Supreme Court case that established the right to equal representation in state legislatures for every American. Stephen Ansolabehere and James Snyder detail the history of "one person, one vote" in American political theory and politics, and tell the story of the people-presidents, legislators, judges, lawyers, and ordinary citizens-who fought the battles to define this fundamental feature of American democracy.
- Contents:
- A quiet revolution
- Unequal votes
- The origins of malapportionment
- Winners and losers
- Judicial restraint
- Into the thicket
- A fragile coalition
- One person, one vote
- Equal votes, equal money
- Left shift
- A new order
- The age of fairness.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393931037
- 039393103X
- OCLC:
- 180852100
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