Race and redistricting in the 1990s / edited by Bernard Grofman.

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Grofman, Bernard

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text

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computer

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0875862659
9780875862651
9786610655991
6610655995
1280655992
9781280655999

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race and redistricting in the 1990s.DDC classification:

328.73/07345 22

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JK1341 .R33 1998eb

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Contents:

Electing minority-preferred candidates to legislative office / Lisa Handley, Bernard Grofman, and Wayne Arden -- Representation and ambition in the new African-American congressional districts / Matthew M. Schousen, David T. Canon, and Patrick J. Sellers -- Estimating the impact of voting-rights-related districting on democratic strength in the U.S. House of Representatives / Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley -- Voting rights in the 1990s / Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley -- Post-1990 redistrictings and the preclearance requirement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act / Mark A. Posner -- Predictably unpredictable / Tuckerman Babcock -- Reapportionment wars / Morgan Kousser -- Reapportionment strategies in the 1990s / Robert A. Holmes -- Race and representational districting in Louisiana / Richard L. Engstrom and Jason E. Kirksey -- Congressional redistricting in North Carolina / Patrick J. Sellers, David T. Canon, and Matthew M. Schousen -- Legislative and congressional districting in South Carolina / Orville Vernon Burton -- Politics of race / Winnett W. Hagens -- Is there a better way to redistrict? / Donald Stokes -- New York City redistricting / Alan Gartner.

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Summary: A portrait of how the 1990's round of redistricting treated the racial and linguistic minorities that had been given special protections by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, primarily African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and those of Spanish heritage. Throughout the volume, the primary focus is on the practical politics of redistricting and its consequences for racial representation. Almost all the authors have been directly involved in the 1990's redistricting process either as a legislator, a member of the Voting Rights Section of the Justice Department, a member of a.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index.

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A portrait of how the 1990's round of redistricting treated the racial and linguistic minorities that had been given special protections by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, primarily African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and those of Spanish heritage. Throughout the volume, the primary focus is on the practical politics of redistricting and its consequences for racial representation. Almost all the authors have been directly involved in the 1990's redistricting process either as a legislator, a member of the Voting Rights Section of the Justice Department, a member of a.

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