Redistricting and Representation
Subtitle: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America (Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 19, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780415964524
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Process - Elections; Political Science / General; General
Description: "Redistricting and Representation argues that competition in general elections is not the sine qua non of healthy democracy, and that it in fact contributes to the low levels of approval of Congress and its members. Brunell makes the case for a radical departure from traditional approaches to redistricting - arguing that we need to "pack" districts with as many like-minded partisans as possible, maximizing the number of winning voters, not losers."--BOOK JACKET.