Party lines competition, partisanship and congressional redistricting

Party lines competition, partisanship and congressional redistricting - Washington Brookings Institution Press 2005 - viii,125p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From equality to fairness: the path of political reform since Baker v. Carr / Bruce E. Cain, Karin Mac Donald, and Michael McDonald -- The impact of redistricting on candidate emergence / Sandy Maisel, Cherie D. Maestas, and Walter J. Stone -- Pushbutton gerrymanders? How computing has changed redistricting / Micah Altman, Karin Mac Donald, and Michael McDonald -- Forty years in the political thicket: evaluating judicial review of the redistricting process since Reynolds V. Sims / Nathaniel Persily -- Redistricting reform: What is desirable? Possible? / Thomas E. Man.

"Details the legal and political history of redistricting since the inception of one person-one vote, documenting its impact on competition, polarization, and partisan fairness, and analyzes options for reform"--Provided by publisher.

9780815754671 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005024216


Election districts--United States.
Apportionment (Election law)--History--United States--20th century.

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