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Erik J. Engstrom - Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy (Legislative Politics and Policy Making) - 9780472119011 - V9780472119011
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Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy (Legislative Politics and Policy Making)

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Description for Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy (Legislative Politics and Policy Making) Hardcover. Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making. Num Pages: 236 pages, 29 figures, 34 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119011
SKU
V9780472119011
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Ref
99-15

About Erik J. Engstrom
Erik J. Engstrom is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis.

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