Gary W. Cox, Jonathan N. Katz

Elbridge Gerry's Salamander

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how the Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions sparked a wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780521806756
• ISBN-10: 0521806755
• Artikelnr.: 29337079

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction
2. The reapportionment revolution
Part II. Democrats and Republicans: 3. A model of Congressional redistricting in the US
4. The case of the disappearing bias
5. The role of the courts in the 1960s redistricting process
6. Bias, responsiveness and the courts
7. Redistricting's differing impact on Democratic and Republican incumbents
Part III. Incumbents and Challengers: 8. The growth of the incumbency advantage
9. Redistricting and electoral coordination
10. Redistricting, the probability of securing a majority and entry
11. Reassessing the incumbency advantage
Part IV. Conclusion: 12. Conclusion.