Elbridge Gerry's Salamander
Subtitle: The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780521806756
Subjects: American studies; Elections & referenda; United States; Political Process - Elections; Election districts; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Political History; Apportionment (Election law)--United States; Political Science / General; Apportionment (Election law); 1945-1989; Politics and government
First sentence: The word gerrymander describes a distinctively (albeit not uniquely) American practice, that of redrawing district lines to achieve partisan (or other) advantage.