Drawing the lines : constraints on partisan gerrymandering in U.S. politics /

Drawing the lines : constraints on partisan gerrymandering in U.S. politics /

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Author / Creator:	Seabrook, Nicholas R., author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (v, 141 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Canadian theses = Theses canadiennes.
Subject:	Gerrymandering -- United States. Apportionment (Election law) -- United States. Apportionment (Election law) Gerrymandering. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11676024

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ISBN:	9781501707797 1501707795 9781501707780 1501707787 9781501705311 1501705318 9781501705311
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2017).
Summary:	Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to basic democratic principles. In 'Drawing the Lines', Nicholas R. Seabrook uses a combination of political science methods and legal studies insights to investigate the effects of redistricting on U.S. House elections. He concludes that partisan gerrymandering poses far less of a threat to democratic accountability than conventional wisdom would suggest.
Other form:	Print version: Seabrook, Nicholas R. Drawing the lines. Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501705311
Standard no.:	10.7591/9781501707797

Table of Contents:

Perceptions and misperceptions of partisan redistricting
A theory of constrained redistricting
The unrealized precedent of Davis v. Bandemer
Second order challenges and the rise of mid-decade redistricting
Redistricting and partisan bias
Redistricting, electoral responsiveness, and democracy
Implications for redistricting reform.