Voting rights and minority representation : redistricting, 1992-2002 /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ; Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., c2006.
Description:xi, 134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6110148
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Other authors / contributors:Bositis, David A.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (U.S.)
ISBN:076183043X
Notes:Proceedings of a one-day conference in May 2002 entitled "Redistricting, 1992-2002: Voting Rights and Minority Representation", convened by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction: Advancing Minority Voting Rights: How Do We Get From Here to There?
  • 2. Redisricting and Voting Rights Issues, 1992-2002: A Legal Analysis
  • 3. Political Parties, Redistricting, and Minority Representation: The Southern States, 1992-2002
  • 4. Drawing Effective Minority Districts: A Conceptual Model
  • 5. Redistricting 2000: A Lost Opportunity for Latinos
  • 6. Reapportionment/Redistricting Politics in Georgia The 1990s and 2001-2002: Reflections of a Participant-Observer
  • 7. Racial Redistricting and Southern Republican Congressional Gains in the 1990s
  • About the Authors