Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West.

Moncrief, Gary F.

Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011. - 1 online resource (295 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of redistricting / Tim Storey -- Redistricting and the West: the legal context / Justin Levitt -- Reapportionment and redistricting in the West / Matthew May and Gary Moncrief -- Reapportionment, redistricting and representation in Congress / Jennifer Steen -- Redistricting and Latino representation in the West / Jason Casellas -- Direct democracy and redistricting / Todd Donovan -- Does it matter if legislatures or commissions draw the lines? / Jonathan Winburn -- What the West can learn from Iowa / Peverill Squire -- The public mapping project / Micah Altman and Michael P. McDonald -- Redistricting in Arizona / Barbara Norrander and Jay Wendland -- Controversies in electoral redistricting in Oregon / Priscilla Southwell -- Great expectations and the California Citizens Redistricting Commission / Vladimir Kogan and Thad Kousser.

Reapportionment and Redistricting in the West is a collection of essays and original research which examines the unique characteristics of redistricting in the western United States. It includes case studies of Arizona, California and Oregon as well as chapters on congressional reapportionment and redistricting in the west, how redistricting impacts the Latino population, redistricting law in the west, and much more.

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United States. Congress. House --Election districts.
United States. Congress. House.


Apportionment (Election law)--West (U.S.)
Election districts--West (U.S.)
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Legislative Branch.
Apportionment (Election law)
Election districts.


West United States.


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