Representation and Inequality in Late Nineteenth-Century America The Politics of Apportionment |
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| Author:
| Argersinger, Peter H. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-49835-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.99 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the fierce conflicts over apportionment and gerrymandering in the late nineteenth-century Midwest. Parties, legislatures and courts became embroiled in disruptive struggles that first overturned and then entrenched gerrymanders in American politics. The book demonstrates the centrality of apportionment to American politics and critically reveals the ways that political institutions themselves obstructed rather than implemented democratic ideals.
This book examines the fierce conflicts over apportionment and gerrymandering in the late nineteenth-century Midwest. Parties, legislatures and courts became embroiled in disruptive struggles that first overturned and then entrenched gerrymanders in American politics. The book demonstrates the centrality of apportionment to American politics and critically reveals the ways that political institutions themselves obstructed rather than implemented democratic ideals.