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9780739107188

Redistricting In The New Millennium

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739107188

  • ISBN10:

    0739107186

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-08-04
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

The process and politics of redistricting have become more complicated over the years. This volume addresses that complication through a series of theoretical, historical, and case study essays.

Author Biography

Peter F. Galderisi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Utah State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xiii
Part I: Introduction: Reapportionment and Redistricting-History and Concepts
1 Introduction: Redistricting Past, Present, and Future
3(14)
Peter F. Galderisi and Bruce Cain
2 On the Systemic Consequences of Redistricting in the 1960's
17(18)
Gary W. Cox
3 Redistricting and Incumbency: The New Voter Effect
35(30)
Scott W. Desposato and John R. Petrocik
4 District Geography and Voters
65(22)
Richard N. Engstrom
Part II: Race and Redistricting in the Old and New Millennia
5 Race, Redistricting, and the Courts
87(32)
David T Canon
6 From Beer to Eternity: Why Race Will Always Predominate under the Voting Rights Act
119(36)
Anthony A. Peacock
7 Minorities and Representation in the New Millennium
155(28)
Florence P. Adams
Part III: Case Studies in the Old and New Millennia
8 The Art of the Dummymander: The Impact of Recent Redistrictings on the Partisan Makeup of Southern House Seats
183(18)
Bernard Grofman and Thomas L. Brunell
9 The Republicans Take Control: The 2001 Redistricting in Michigan
201(16)
John R. Chamberlin
10 All Quiet on the Western Front: Redistricting and Party Competition in California House Elections
217(28)
Gary C. Jacobson
11 Family Feud in Massachusetts: How Intraparty Dynamics Influence Redistricting
245(16)
Barry C. Burden
12 Iowa and the Political Consequences of Playing Redistricting Straight
261(14)
Peverill Squire
Part IV: Redistricting in the New Millennium: Problems and Solutions
13 Redistricting in Texas: Institutionalizing Republican Ascendancy
275(38)
Seth C. McKee and Daron R. Shaw
14 Missing the Target: The Supreme Court, "One Person, One Vote," and Partisan Gerrymandering
313(28)
Richard L. Engstrom
Bibliography 341(12)
Index 353(14)
Contributors 367

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