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Redistricting and minority representation : learning from the past, preparing for the future / edited by David A. Bositis ; contributors, David A. Bositis ... [et al.].

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Redistricting and minority representation : learning from the past, preparing for the future / edited by David A. Bositis ; contributors, David A. Bositis ... [et al.].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Bositis, David A.
  • Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (U.S.)
Description
vii, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Apportionment (Election law) > United States > Congresses
  • Election districts > United States > Congresses
  • Minorities > Suffrage > United States > Congresses
  • Representative government and representation > United States > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • The four major papers presented at "A New Framework for Redistricting" conference held in January 1997 form the core of this volume.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Future of majority-minority districts and black and hispanic legislative representation / by David A. Bositis -- Latino voters and redistricting in the new millennium / by Robert R. Brischetto -- The Realist's guide to redistricting : avoiding the legal pitfalls / by J. Gerald Herbert [and others] -- Prospects for black representation after Miller v Johnson / by Keith Reeves -- The Impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on racial representation / by Selwyn Carter -- An Optimist's view of minority representation / by Carol M. Swain -- Reflections and projections / by Brenda Wright.
ISBN
  • 076181194X (University Press of America : cloth: alk. ppr.)
  • 0761811958 (University Press of America : pbk.: alk. ppr.)
LCCN
^^^98209636^
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