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Book/Printed Material Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy

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Title

  • Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy

Summary

  • "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 congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Engstrom, Erik J.

Created / Published

  • Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]

Headings

  • -  Apportionment (Election law)--United States
  • -  Election districts--United States
  • -  Gerrymandering--United States
  • -  Representative government and representation--United States
  • -  Voting--United States
  • -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch
  • -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
  • -  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
  • -  United States--Politics and government

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (227 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1341

Repository

  • e-GenColVU Electronic Resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715662

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Engstrom, Erik J. Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy. [Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715662/.

APA citation style:

Engstrom, E. J. (2013) Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy. [Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715662/.

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Engstrom, Erik J. Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy. [Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715662/>.