Political Gerrymandering and the Courts [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grofman, Bernard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apportionment (Election law)--United States.

Apportionment (Election law).

Election districts--United States.

Election districts.

Local Subjects:

Apportionment (Election law)--United States.

Apportionment (Election law).

Election districts--United States.

Election districts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is motivated by three concerns. First is the belief that the issue of political gerrymander will play a significant (although far from dominant) role in redistricting litigation in the 1990's and thereafter. In the 1980's, the legislative and/or congressional redistricting plans of all but a handful of states were subject to lawsuits (Grofman, 1985a). Many of these lawsuits involved the issue of racial vote dilution (Grofman, Migalski, and Noviello, 1985). In the 1980's hundreds of local jurisdictions that used at-large or multimember district elections had their electoral system.

Contents:

Political Gerrymandering and the Courts; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation; 2 The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution; What Does Bandemer Mean?; How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering; Applications: Indiana; Applications: California; Referenced Author Index; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

476114044