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Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engstrom, Erik J.
- Series:
- Legislative politics & policy making
- Legislative politics and policy making
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gerrymandering--United States.
- Gerrymandering.
- Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
- Apportionment (Election law).
- United States.
- Election districts--United States.
- Election districts.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Representative government and representation--United States.
- Representative government and representation.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Gerrymandering and the Evolution of American Politics 1
- Part I The Early Republic, 1789-1840
- 2 Districting and the Construction of Early American Democracy 21
- 3 The Origins of Single-Member Districts 43
- Part II The Partisan Era, 1840-1900
- 4 The Strategic Timing of Congressional Redistricting 59
- 5 Stacking the States, Stacking the House: The Partisan Consequences of Congressional Redistricting 80
- 6 Electoral Competition and Critical Elections 100
- 7 A Congress of Strangers: Gerrymandering and Legislative Turnover 130
- 8 The Partisan Impact of Malapportionment 148
- Part III Redistricting in the Candidate-Centered Era, 1900-Present
- 9 From Turbulence to Stasis, 1900-1964 167
- 10 Gerrymandering and the Future of American Politics 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472119011
- 9780472029525
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.5085808
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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