Political gerrymandering and the courts /
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| Imprint: | New York : Agathon Press, ©1990. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Agathon series on representation ; v. 3 Agathon series on representation ; v. 3. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127179 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Editor
- Introduction
- 1. Unresolved Issues in Partisan Gerrymandering LItigation
- 2. The Unfinished Reapportionment Revolution
- What Does Bandemer Mean?
- 3. Toward A Coherent Theory of Gerrymandering: Bandemer and Thornburg
- Notes
- Notes
- 4. Bandemer's Gap: Gerrymandering and Equal Protection
- Addendum: Response to Grofman
- Addendum: Response to Grofman
- 5. Perspectives on Davis V. Bandemer: VIews of the Practitioner, Theorist, and Reformer
- Notes
- How to Measure Partisan Gerrymandering
- 6. Establishing A Statewide Electoral Effects Baseline
- Notes
- 7. The Swing Ratio as A Measure of Partisan Gerrymandering
- 8. Detecting Gerrymandering
- Notes
- 9. The "Totality of Circumstances" Approach
- 10. A Geographer's Perspective
- 11. Partisan Gerrymandering: A Political Problem Without Judicial Solution
- Applications: Indiana
- 12. Compactness and the 1980s Districts in the Indiana State House: Evidence of Political Gerrymandering?
- 13. Majority-Win Percentages: An Approach to the Votes-Seats Relationship in Light of Davis V. Bandemer
- Applications: California
- 14. Comparing the Compactness of California Congressional Districts Under Three Different Plans: 1980, 1982, and 1984
- 15. Determining the Predictability of Partisan Voting Patterns in California Elections, 1978-1984
- 16. Lessons from the 1973 California Masters' Plan
- References/Author Index
- References
- Index