Author: Marilyn A. HinesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Reapportionment, a Report on the Search for "fair and Effective Representation"
Author: Marilyn A. HinesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Toward a System of "fair and Effective Representation"
Author: Bruce AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"A Common Cause report on state and congressional reapportionment."--T.p.
Reapportionment and Redistricting
Author: Robert GoehlertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session Identifying Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress
Author: Fair and Effective Representation?
Author: Mark E. RushPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847692125
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book 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. Rush and Richard L. Engstrom discuss the promises and pitfalls of electoral reform--specifically, the merits of converting from the traditional single-member district to some form of proportional representation. The authors examine the shortcomings of the existing methods of elections (such as gerrymandering, low turnout, voter apathy, and underrepresentation of minorities and women), debate the merits of converting to proportional representation, ask whether it would address the imperfections of the current system, and investigate the extent to which proportional representation adheres to the Founders' (particularly Madison's) plan for representation. With an introduction by esteemed political scientist Bruce E. Cain, this is an essential text for courses in voting rights and behavior, elections, and American political thought.
The Fight to Vote
Author: Michael WaldmanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982198931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
Book Description
Cole-Randazzo V. Ryan
Author: Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting
Author: Joshua G. BehrPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485498
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Why do cities with similar minority populations vary greatly in the adoption of minority-opportunity districts and, by extension, differ in the number of elected Hispanic and black representatives? Through in-depth research of the districting processes of more than 100 cities, Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting provides the first nationwide study of minority-opportunity districts at the local level. Joshua G. Behr explores the motives of the players involved, including incumbent legislators, Department of Justice officials, and organized interests, while investigating the roles that segregation, federal oversight, litigation, partisan elections, and resource disparity, among others, play in the election of Hispanics and blacks. Behr's book documents—for both theorists and practitioners—the necessary conditions for enhancing minority-opportunity districts at the local level.
Redistricting in Comparative Perspective
Author: Lisa HandleyPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191551708
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The aim of this book is threefold. First to put in one place for the convenience of both scholars and practitioners the basic data on redistricting practices in democracies around the world. Remarkably, this data has never before been collected. Second, to provide a series of short case studies that look in more detail at particular countries with regard to the institutions and practices that have evolved for redistricting and the nature of the debates that have arisen. Third, to begin to look in comparative perspective at the consequences of alternative redistricting mechanisms and at the tradeoffs among competing redistricting criteria. This volume has contributions from some of the leading specialists on redistricting in the world. The chapters reflect a mix of country-specific material, chapters that are broadly comparative, and chapters whose contributions are more methodological in nature. The chapters in this volume provide an indispensable introduction to the institutions, practices, and consequences of boundary delimitation around the world. Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary issues in comparative government and politics. The General Editors are David M. Farrell, Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Head of School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester and Alfio Mastropaolo, University of Turin. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research.