This report introduces the history and practice of redistricting, with special attention to California, and provides an overview of various proposals for the reform of redistricting.
California entered the union in 1850 and began a development that has typically been onward and upward. This study looks at one facet of its development --representation and its institutional manifestations in terms of reapportionment and...
This study explores the origin and history of the gerrymander, types of gerrymandering, gerrymandering and the use of technology, the threat of the gerrymander to representational democracy, and possible solutions to this threat.
This is a conference packet from the Rose Institute's Local Representation Problems and Prospects conference. It includes a shedule, conference information, and some documents on redistrcting. The documents on redistricting include a primer for...
This document is a compilation of a conference packet given to attendees of the Rose Institute Conference entitled, ""Time to Draw the Line: 1991."" In this report, the Rose Institute primarily covers redistricting law, important cases, Census...
This doctoral dissertation studies the choices made in the redistricting process, as well as Hispanic representation in local jurisdictions, in California and Arizona.
The essays in this volume, produced through the cooperation of some 58 researchers from across the United states, are inteded to increase public awareness of how redistricting has been performed historically in each of the 50 states and how the...
""Introduction to Redisctricting: Perspectives for Latinos"" consolidates two previous conference pamphlets and emphasizes material especially pertinent to Latino concerns. For an introduction to redistricting a California citizen needs a brief...
Since the election of November 1990, the electronic and print media have devoted increasing attention to the background information about redistricting and reapportionment. This essays in this volume are intended to increase public awareness of how...
Redistricting (Election law); Gerrymandering; Gerrymandering United States
This document is a compilation based on three monographs; it describes and demonstrates the problem of partisan gerrymandering and offers solutions to it.
This is a general guide to redistricting and reapportionment in the United States with a focus on California. It is intended to provide legal and historical context to more specific research. The volume provides summaries of major cases related...
Election districts; Population statistics; Minorities; Landmark decisions; Representation; Equality
This report written for the Mayor and City Council of the city of Phoenix assesses the quality of plans developed by citizens for the redistricting of the city. Further, the Rose Insitute of State and Local Government sought to perform the...
This document consists of an organized compilation of bibliography materials for reapportionment and redistricting. This bibliography list will allow others to study redistricting in depth.
