Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy /
Engstrom, Erik J,
Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom. - 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations - Legislative politics & policy making . - Legislative politics & policy making. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
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.
Open Access
"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 congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"--
English.
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10.3998/mpub.5085808
539414 MIL 22573/ctt1d612vn JSTOR 22573/ctt1gf74cq JSTOR 000005 Knowledge Unlatched
Gerrymandering--United States.
Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
Election districts--United States.
Voting--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Democracy.
Apportionment (Election law)
Election districts
Gerrymandering
Politics and government.
Representative government and representation
Voting
Wahlbezirk
Manipulation
United States--Politics and government.
United States
political science.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JK1341 / .E64 2013eb
328.73/073455
Partisan gerrymandering and the construction of American democracy / Erik J. Engstrom. - 1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations - Legislative politics & policy making . - Legislative politics & policy making. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index.
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.
Open Access
"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 congressional districting. Unrestrained, state legislators drew and redrew districts to suit their own partisan agendas. With the rise of the "one-person, one-vote" doctrine and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, redistricting became subject to court oversight. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting. His analysis reveals that districting practices across states and over time systematically affected the competitiveness of congressional elections; shaped the partisan composition of congressional delegations; and, on occasion, determined party control of the House of Representatives"--
English.
9781306081634 1306081637 9780472029525 0472029525 9780472900015 0472900013
10.3998/mpub.5085808
539414 MIL 22573/ctt1d612vn JSTOR 22573/ctt1gf74cq JSTOR 000005 Knowledge Unlatched
Gerrymandering--United States.
Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
Election districts--United States.
Voting--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Political science and theory.
Politics and government.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Process--Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Ideologies--Democracy.
Apportionment (Election law)
Election districts
Gerrymandering
Politics and government.
Representative government and representation
Voting
Wahlbezirk
Manipulation
United States--Politics and government.
United States
political science.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
JK1341 / .E64 2013eb
328.73/073455