Author : Marilyn A. Hines
Publisher :
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
ISBN :
Author : Bruce Adams
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
ISBN :
"A Common Cause report on state and congressional reapportionment."--T.p.
Author : Robert Goehlert
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
ISBN :
Author : Michel L. Balinski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815716341
The issue of fair representation will take center stage as U.S. congressional districts are reapportioned based on the 2000 Census. Using U.S. history as a guide, the authors develop a theory of fair representation that establishes various principles for translating state populations—or vote totals of parties—into a fair allocation of congressional seats. They conclude that the current apportionment formula cheats the larger states in favor of the smaller, contrary to the intentions of the founding fathers and compromising the Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" rulings. Balinski and Young interweave the theoretical development with a rich historical account of controversies over representation, and show how many of these principles grew out of political contests in the course of United States history. The result is a work that is at once history, politics, and popular science. The book—updated with data from the 1980 and 1990 Census counts—vividly demonstrates that apportionment deals with the very substance of political power.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1018 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Courts
ISBN :
Author : Michael Waldman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1982198931
On cover, the word "right" has an x drawn over the letter "r" with the letter "f" above it.
Author : Mark E. Rush
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,85 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780847692125
Two experts on political representation, voting rights, and the election process debate the most pertinent issues of electoral reform and assess them in the context of the Founders' vision of representation and minority rights. Mark E. Rush and Richard L. Engstrom discuss the promises and pitfalls of electoral reform--specifically, the merits of converting from the traditional single-member district to some form of proportional representation. The authors examine the shortcomings of the existing methods of elections (such as gerrymandering, low turnout, voter apathy, and underrepresentation of minorities and women), debate the merits of converting to proportional representation, ask whether it would address the imperfections of the current system, and investigate the extent to which proportional representation adheres to the Founders' (particularly Madison's) plan for representation. With an introduction by esteemed political scientist Bruce E. Cain, this is an essential text for courses in voting rights and behavior, elections, and American political thought.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Legal briefs
ISBN :
Author : Joshua G. Behr
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791485498
Why do cities with similar minority populations vary greatly in the adoption of minority-opportunity districts and, by extension, differ in the number of elected Hispanic and black representatives? Through in-depth research of the districting processes of more than 100 cities, Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting provides the first nationwide study of minority-opportunity districts at the local level. Joshua G. Behr explores the motives of the players involved, including incumbent legislators, Department of Justice officials, and organized interests, while investigating the roles that segregation, federal oversight, litigation, partisan elections, and resource disparity, among others, play in the election of Hispanics and blacks. Behr's book documents—for both theorists and practitioners—the necessary conditions for enhancing minority-opportunity districts at the local level.
