Race, redistricting, and representation : the unintended consequences of Black majority districts / David T. Canon.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Canon, David T.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
Series:American politics and political economy.
Subjects:
Gerrymandering > United States.
Election districts > United States.
Apportionment (Election law) > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
African American legislators.
United States. > Congress. > House > Election districts.
Physical Description:xiv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Black interests, difference, commonality, and representation
  • A legal primer on race and redistricting
  • The supply-side theory of racial redistricting / with Matthew M. Schousen and Patrick J. Sellars
  • Race and representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Links to the constituency
  • Black majority districts: failed experiment or catalyst for a politics of commonality?