Race and redistricting in the 1990s
By: edited by Bernard Grofman
Series: Agathon series on representation -- v. 5; Agathon series on representation -- v. 5.
Publisher: Agathon Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780875862651
Subjects: United States; United States. Congress. House; Apportionment (Election law); POLITICAL SCIENCE; Government; Political activity; Legislative Branch; Election districts; Minorities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-384) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Electing minority-preferred candidates to legislative office  -- Lisa Handley, Bernard Grofman, and Wayne Arden; title: Representation and ambition in the new African-American congressional districts  -- Matthew M. Schousen, David T. Canon, and Patrick J. Sellers; title: Estimating the impact of voting-rights-related districting on democratic strength in the U.S. House of Representatives  -- Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley; title: Voting rights in the 1990s  -- Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley; title: Post-1990 redistrictings and the preclearance requirement of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act  -- Mark A. Posner; title: Predictably unpredictable  -- Tuckerman Babcock; title: Reapportionment wars  -- Morgan Kousser; title: Reapportionment strategies in the 1990s  -- Robert A. Holmes; title: Race and representational districting in Louisiana  -- Richard L. Engstrom and Jason E. Kirksey; title: Congressional redistricting in North Carolina  -- Patrick J. Sellers, David T. Canon, and Matthew M. Schousen; title: Legislative and congressional districting in South Carolina  -- Orville Vernon Burton; title: Politics of race  -- Winnett W. Hagens; title: Is there a better way to redistrict?  -- Donald Stokes; title: New York City redistricting -- Alan Gartner.