Title Race, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting : minority-opportunity districts and the election of Hispanics and Blacks to city councils / Joshua G. Behr

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 158 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series in African American studies SUNY series in African American studies. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. City: Stepchild of Redistricting Controversies -- 2. Making the Connection: The Links among System Aptitude, Minority-Opportunity Districts, and the Election of Hispanics and Blacks -- 3. Players in the Politics of "Selling" Minority-Opportunity Districts: Self-Serving Incumbents, the Feds, and Organized Interests -- 4. Design: Review of Hypothesized Relationships, Data Sources, and Measurement of Variables -- 5. Adoption of Hispanic and Black Minority-Opportunity Districts: Model Testing and Findings -- 6. Election of Hispanic and Black Descriptive Representatives: Model Testing and Findings -- 7. Conclusion: The Meaning of Meaningful Electoral Opportunity -- App. A Survey Design and Sample Questionnaires -- App. B Cities Surveyed -- App. D Operational Definition of Region Summary "Why do cities with similar minority populations vary greatly in the adoption of minority-opportunity districts and, by extension, differ in the number of elected Hispanic and black representatives? Through in-depth research of the districting processes of more than 100 cities, Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of City Redistricting provides the first nationwide study of minority-opportunity districts at the local level. Joshua G. Behr explores the motives of the players involved, including incumbent legislators, Department of Justice officials, and organized interests, while investigating the roles that segregation, federal oversight, litigation, partisan elections, and resource disparity, among others, play in the election of Hispanics and blacks. Behr's book documents - for both theorists and practitioners - the necessary conditions for enhancing minority-opportunity districts at the local level."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject City council members -- United States Local elections -- United States Apportionment (Election law) -- United States Gerrymandering -- United States African American legislators. Hispanic American legislators. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Local. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- State & Provincial. African American legislators Apportionment (Election law) City council members Gerrymandering Hispanic American legislators Local elections United States Form Electronic book ISBN 142374019X 9781423740193 9780791459959 0791459950 0791459969 9780791459966 9780791485491 0791485498

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