Alex Keena (Virginia Commonwealth University), Michael Latner (California Polytechnic State University), Anthony J. McGann McGann (University of Strathclyde)

Gerrymandering the States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on sweeping data, this book sheds light on patterns and determinants of partisan gerrymandering at the state level and demonstrates the close alignment between race and redistricting. The authors find that gerrymandering has profound effects on voting rights and public health policy and offer best practices for reform.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9781108995450
• ISBN-10: 1108995454
• Artikelnr.: 61490227

Autorenporträt

Alex Keena is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Redistricting wars in the U.S. States
2. What happened in 2011? The other 'great gerrymander'
3. When politicians draw the maps
4. How political geography affects bias
5. Racial geography, the voting rights act, and bias
6. The policy and social consequences of state legislative gerrymandering
7. The democratic harms of gerrymandering
8. When the courts redistrict
9. How to design effective anti-gerrymandering reforms
Conclusion
References
Index.