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9781631491627 | Liveright Pub Corp, June 14, 2016, cover price $26.95
Product Description: This book considers the causes and consequences of partisan gerrymandering in the U.S. House. The Supreme Court's decision in Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004) made challenging a district plan on ground of partisan gerrymandering practically impossible...read more
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9781107143258 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 4, 2016, cover price $89.99 | About this edition: This book considers the political and constitutional consequences of Vieth v.
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9781316507674 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 4, 2016, cover price $34.99 | About this edition: This book considers the causes and consequences of partisan gerrymandering in the U.
Product Description: 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...read more
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9780472119011 | Univ of Michigan Pr, September 30, 2013, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: Erik J.
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9780472036578 | Univ of Michigan Pr, January 20, 2016, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Erik J.
Product Description: The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and presents a unified theory of representation. Electing African-American legislators yields more federal dollars and congressional attention directed toward African-American voters...read more
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9781107003514 | Cambridge Univ Pr, February 14, 2011, cover price $89.99 | About this edition: The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question.
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9780521177016 | Cambridge Univ Pr, January 31, 2011, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question.
Product Description: Allowing legislators to pick the voters that make up their districts is a fundamental conflict of interest and central concern for the popular sovereignty of American elections. In The Realities of Redistricting, Jonathan Winburn examines the extent of this potential problem by focusing on both the incentives and the constraints facing state legislators during the redistricting process...read more
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9780739121856 | Lexington Books, March 15, 2008, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: Allowing legislators to pick the voters that make up their districts is a fundamental conflict of interest and central concern for the popular sovereignty of American elections.
Miscellaneous:
9780739141496 | Lexington Books, March 7, 2008, cover price $65.00
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9780739107188 | Lexington Books, August 30, 2005, cover price $109.00
Product Description: First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780815340676 | Routledge, July 1, 2001, cover price $250.00 | About this edition: First published in 2002.
Product Description: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780815337195 | Routledge, July 1, 2001, cover price $685.00 | About this edition: First Published in 2002.
Product Description: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780815340652 | Routledge, July 1, 2001, cover price $250.00 | About this edition: First Published in 2002.
Product Description: List price Amazon - $205.00.Volume 2 in the series: Controversies in Constitutional Law. "The controversies of redistricting have challenged America's commitment to participatory democracy and America's ability to account for its historical record of voting and racial discrimination...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780815340669 | Routledge, July 1, 2001, cover price $240.00 | About this edition: List price Amazon - $205.
A professor of geography reveals the role of Congressional districts in American politics, delving deeply into issues of gerrymandering, census enumeration, ethnic politics, and reapportionment.
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9780226534244 | Univ of Chicago Pr, April 15, 2001, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: A professor of geography reveals the role of Congressional districts in American politics, delving deeply into issues of gerrymandering, census enumeration, ethnic politics, and reapportionment.
Product Description: Two experts on political representation, voting rights, and the election process debate the most pertinent issues of electoral reform and assess them in the context of the Founders' vision of representation and minority rights. Mark E...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780847692118 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Two experts on political representation, voting rights, and the election process debate the most pertinent issues of electoral reform and assess them in the context of the Founders' vision of representation and minority rights.
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9780847692125, titled "Fair and Effective Representation?: Debating Electoral Reform and Minority Rights" | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Two experts on political representation, voting rights, and the election process debate the most pertinent issues of electoral reform and assess them in the context of the Founders' vision of representation and minority rights.
Product Description: In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature, with the approval of Governor Elbridge Gerry, split Essex County in an effort to dilute the strength of the Federalists. Noting the resemblance of the new, oddly shaped district to a well-known amphibian, a local newspaper dubbed the creation a "gerrymander...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780801845796 | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $38.50 | About this edition: "[An] insightful look into partisan gerrymandering and its impact on fair representation.
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9780739101926 | Lexington Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $32.99 | About this edition: In 1812 the Jeffersonian-dominated Massachusetts legislature, with the approval of Governor Elbridge Gerry, split Essex County in an effort to dilute the strength of the Federalists.
Product Description: Since the creation of minority-dominated congressional districts eight years ago, the Supreme Court has condemned the move as akin to "political apartheid," while many African-American leaders argue that such districts are required for authentic representation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780226092706 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Since the creation of minority-dominated congressional districts eight years ago, the Supreme Court has condemned the move as akin to "political apartheid," while many African-American leaders argue that such districts are required for authentic representation.
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9780226092713 | Univ of Chicago Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $28.00
Product Description: This up-to-date collection of essays addresses key elements of the law and politics of voting rights: the Supreme Court's jurisprudence, the impact of the Voting Rights Act, and the opportunities for enhanced minority representation posed by alternative electoral systems...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780313299483 | Praeger Pub Text, October 1, 1998, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: This up-to-date collection of essays addresses key elements of the law and politics of voting rights: the Supreme Court's jurisprudence, the impact of the Voting Rights Act, and the opportunities for enhanced minority representation posed by alternative electoral systems.
Product Description: In The Paradox of Representation David Lublin offers an unprecedented analysis of a vast range of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation: Racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans and Latinos but makes Congress less likely to adopt policies favored by blacks...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780691026695 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 1, 1997, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: In The Paradox of Representation David Lublin offers an unprecedented analysis of a vast range of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation: Racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans and Latinos but makes Congress less likely to adopt policies favored by blacks.
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9780405058721 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1974, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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