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Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy /

"Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on...

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Hlavní autor: Engstrom, Erik J.
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Edice:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Témata:
Manipulation
Wahlbezirk
Voting
Representative government and representation
Politics and government.
Gerrymandering
Election districts
Apportionment (Election law)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Political science and theory.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Vote > États-Unis.
Circonscriptions electorales > États-Unis.
Repartition des sieges > États-Unis.
Circonscriptions electorales > Remaniement arbitraire > États-Unis.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Voting > United States.
Election districts > United States.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Gerrymandering > United States.
United States
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
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Obsah:
  • Gerrymandering and the evolution of American politics
  • Districting and the construction of early American democracy
  • The origins of single-member districts
  • The strategic timing of congressional redistricting
  • Stacking the states, stacking the house: the partisan consequences of congressional redistricting
  • Electoral competition and critical elections
  • A congress of strangers: gerrymandering and legislative turnover
  • The partisan impact of malapportionment
  • From turbulence to stasis, 1900-1964
  • Gerrymandering and the future of American politics.

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