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Drawing the lines : constraints on partisan gerrymandering in U.S. politics / Nicholas R. Seabrook.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017Copyright date: �2017Description: 1 online resource (v, 141 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501707797
  • 1501707795
  • 1501705318
  • 9781501705311
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Drawing the lines.DDC classification:
  • 328.73/073455 23
LOC classification:
  • JK1341 .S39 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Perceptions and misperceptions of partisan redistricting -- A theory of constrained redistricting -- The unrealized precedent of Davis v. Bandemer -- Second order challenges and the rise of mid-decade redistricting -- Redistricting and partisan bias -- Redistricting, electoral responsiveness, and democracy -- Implications for redistricting reform.
Summary: Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to basic democratic principles. In 'Drawing the Lines', Nicholas R. Seabrook uses a combination of political science methods and legal studies insights to investigate the effects of redistricting on U.S. House elections. He concludes that partisan gerrymandering poses far less of a threat to democratic accountability than conventional wisdom would suggest.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perceptions and misperceptions of partisan redistricting -- A theory of constrained redistricting -- The unrealized precedent of Davis v. Bandemer -- Second order challenges and the rise of mid-decade redistricting -- Redistricting and partisan bias -- Redistricting, electoral responsiveness, and democracy -- Implications for redistricting reform.

Radical redistricting plans, such as that pushed through by Texas governor Rick Perry in 2003, are frequently used for partisan purposes. Perry's plan sent twenty-one Republicans (and only eleven Democrats) to Congress in the 2004 elections. Such heavy-handed tactics strike many as contrary to basic democratic principles. In 'Drawing the Lines', Nicholas R. Seabrook uses a combination of political science methods and legal studies insights to investigate the effects of redistricting on U.S. House elections. He concludes that partisan gerrymandering poses far less of a threat to democratic accountability than conventional wisdom would suggest.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2017).

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