Gerrymandering and American Politics

A Reference Handbook

AvKara E. Stooksbury

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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What is political gerrymandering and why has it become such a powerful and frequently used weapon in Republican and Democratic efforts to control Congress? Why do critics decry gerrymandering as antithetical to American democracy? How does gerrymandering contribute to political gridlock in Washington? Why does the Supreme Court treat gerrymanders based on race differently than gerrymanders based on partisan considerations? This book answers these questions and many more to provide readers with an accessible, wide-ranging survey of gerrymandering''s impact on the past, present, and future of American politics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary World Issues
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781440881541

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Kara E. Stooksbury is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Carson-Newman University, USA.

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PrefaceAcknowledgments1 Background and HistoryRotten BoroughsGerrymandering in Colonial and Early American HistoryThe Constitution and Representational EqualityCongressional ReapportionmentSilent GerrymanderingRace and Gerrymandering: A Different Standard?The U.S. Supreme Court’s Reapportionment RevolutionResistance to the RevolutionThe Voting Rights Act and Racial GerrymanderingTexas and the Perry-manderThe Weakening of the Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering LitigationThe Supreme Court and Partisan Gerrymandering: The Search for a StandardRacial or Partisan Gerrymandering?Republicans, REDMAP, and the Era of Extreme GerrymandersThe End of the Voting Rights Act?Further Reading2 Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsStructural ChangesRedistricting CommissionsMid-decade RedistrictingThe CensusTechnology and GerrymanderingPrison-based GerrymanderingPartisan Gerrymandering and State Supreme CourtsCampaign Finance Reform and GerrymanderingFurther Reading3 PerspectivesEnding Partisan Gerrymandering, Lori MaxwellA Legacy in Jeopardy: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Racial Gerrymandering, Richard A. GlennGerrymandering and the Crisis of (Non)Competition, Stephen JoinerPrison-Based Gerrymandering: Issues, Remedies, and Recommendations, Hunter Carr4 ProfilesIndividualsWilliam J. Brennan, Jr. (1906–1997) and the Brennan Center for JusticeEverett Dirksen (1896–1969)Marc E. Elias (1969– ) and Democracy DocketFelix Frankfurter (1882–1965)Bernard Grofman (1944– )Thomas Hofeller (1943–2018)Eric H. Holder, Jr. (1951– ) and National Democratic Redistricting CommitteeGroupsCommon CauseLeague of United Latin American CitizensLeague of Women VotersMexican American Legal Defense and Educational FundNAACP Legal Defense FundPrison Policy InitiativeRoberts CourtFurther Reading5 DocumentsConstitutional ProvisionsBaker v. Carr (1962)Voting Rights Act of 1965Uniform Congressional District Act of 1967Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)Alexander v. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (2024)6 ResourcesAnnotated BibliographyCourt Cases and Note on Accessing Judicial RulingsInternet ResourcesVideos7 ChronologyGlossaryIndex