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Gerrymandering Texas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bickerstaff, Steve (Author)
Other Authors: Heath, C. Robert, 1947- (Editor, author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Texas. > Legislature > Election districts.
Gerrymandering > Texas > History.
Election districts > Texas > History.
Apportionment (Election law) > Texas > History.
Texas > Administrative and political divisions.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / C. Robert Heath
  • Introduction
  • Redistricting and gerrymandering
  • Is gerrymandering legal?
  • The long reign of Texas Democrats (1836-1960)
  • Reapportionment revolution (1961-1970)
  • Urban changes (1971-1980)
  • Political sea change in Texas (1981-2000)
  • Republican ascension (2001-2010)
  • Republican dominance (2011-2019)
  • Strategies for redistricting Texas in 2021
  • Undoing gerrymandering
  • Postscript
  • Appendix.