Race and partisanship in California redistricting : from the 1965 Voting Rights Act to present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Richomme, Olivier (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Subjects:	California. > Legislature > Election districts. Election districts > California > History. Apportionment (Election law) > California. Minorities > California > Politics and government. Political participation > California. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
'One person, one vote' : how minorities benefitted from the end of malapportionment
Gridlock over one (Latino) seat in 1971
The battle for the Latino vote and the Burton plan of 1981
Race and redistricting in LA County
Garza v. County of Los Angeles
Strategic gridlock of 1991
Republicans bet on the judiciary
The status quo gerrymander of 2001
MALDEF sues the Democrats
The California Civil Rights Act of 2001
Latinos end at-large districts
Tenth time is a charm
The California Redistricting Commission (CRC)
Conjoined polarization in California
How the correlation between race and partisanship changed redistricting
Conclusion
Case list.