Elbridge Gerry's Salamander The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution |
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Author:
| Cox, Gary W. Katz, Jonathan N. |
Series title: | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-511-15691-5 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital download and online |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. State legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in our nation's history.
The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. State legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in our nation's history.