UID:
almafu_9959240409702883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-12431-X
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1-280-41921-0
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0-511-17618-X
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0-511-04184-5
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0-511-15691-X
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0-511-30429-3
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0-511-60621-4
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0-511-04430-5
Series Statement:
Political economy of institutions and decisions
Content:
The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively - by far - than at any previous time in America's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required. This book provides a detailed analysis of how judicial partisanship affected redistricting outcomes in the 1960s, arguing that the reapportionment revolution led indirectly to three fundamental changes in the nature of congressional elections: the abrupt eradication of a 6% pro-Republican bias in the translation of congressional votes into seats outside the south; the abrupt increase in the apparent advantage of incumbents; and the abrupt alteration of the two parties' success in congressional recruitment and elections.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; PART I Introduction; PART II Democrats and Republicans; PART III Incumbents and Challengers; PART IV Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-00154-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80675-5
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511606212
