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Congressional redistricting : comparative and theoretical perspectives / David Butler, Bruce Cain.
- Title
- Congressional redistricting : comparative and theoretical perspectives / David Butler, Bruce Cain.
- Author
- Butler, David, 1924-
- Publication
- New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada, c1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JK1341 .B88 1992 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Cain, Bruce E.
- Description
- ix, 182 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Series Statement
- New topics in politics
- Uniform Title
- New topics in politics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1: Changing boundaries: myths and realities? -- Apportionment in historical perspective -- Early redistricting practices -- The court and the "equal population" revolution -- Changes in the meaning of redistricting equity -- Vote dilution and redistricting -- Politics in the post-1962 period--no end to controversy -- 2: Building blocks -- The phases of congressional redistricting -- A hypothetical illustration -- The data for redistricting -- Political data -- Maps and measures of compactness -- 4: Values and trade-offs -- Redistricting principles -- Conflicting principles -- 5: What the states have done -- Variations and similarities in state procedures -- Conditions leading to partisan disputes -- Courts and the states -- 6: What the rest of the world does -- Explaining different approaches -- Lessons from abroad -- 7: The paths to reform -- Confusions in the dialogue over reform -- Options assessed.
- ISBN
- 0023175850 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^91023487^
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library