Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom.

"Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Engstrom, Erik J.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Series:	Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:	Apportionment (Election law) > United States. Election districts > United States. Gerrymandering > United States. Representative government and representation > United States. Voting > United States. Political science and theory. Politics and government. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections. Apportionment (Election law) Election districts Gerrymandering Politics and government Representative government and representation Voting Wahlbezirk Manipulation United States > Politics and government. United States Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Gerrymandering and the evolution of American politics
Districting and the construction of early American democracy
The origins of single-member districts
The strategic timing of congressional redistricting
Stacking the states, stacking the house: the partisan consequences of congressional redistricting
Electoral competition and critical elections
A congress of strangers: gerrymandering and legislative turnover
The partisan impact of malapportionment
From turbulence to stasis, 1900-1964
Gerrymandering and the future of American politics.

Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom.

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