Redistricting in Comparative Perspective

✍ Scribed by LISA HANDLEY and BERNIE GROFMAN

• Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 348
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 14
I. Introduction......Page 18
Introduction: Redistricting in Comparative Perspective......Page 20
II. Structuring the Process: The Boundary Authority......Page 26
1. From Gerrymanders to Independence: District Boundary Readjustments in Canada......Page 28
2. An Independent Commission with Political Input: New Zealand’s Electoral Redistribution Practices......Page 44
3. From Politics to Technicalities: Mexican Redistricting in Historical Perspective......Page 60
4. United States Redistricting: A Comparative Look at the 50 States......Page 72
III. Setting the Rules: One Person, One Vote and Other Principles......Page 90
5. Delimitation in India......Page 92
6. Redistribution in Australia: The Importance of One Vote, One Value......Page 114
7. The Politics of Redistricting in Japan: A Contradiction between Equal Population and Respect for Local Government Boundaries......Page 124
IV. Making Provisions for Minority Representation......Page 130
8. Reserved Seats in National Legislatures: A Comparative Approach......Page 132
9. The Design of Ethnically Mixed Constituencies in Fiji, 1970—2006......Page 140
10. Race and Redistricting in the United States: An Overview......Page 158
V. Taking Account of the Broader Context: Electoral Rules and Systems......Page 170
11. Electoral Redistricting in Ireland......Page 172
12. Redistricting in France under Changing Electoral Rules......Page 190
13. Delimiting Electoral Boundaries in Post-Conflict Settings......Page 208
VI. Measuring the Impact and Reforming the Process......Page 220
14. Electoral Distortion Despite Redistricting by Independent Commissions: The British Case, 1950—2005......Page 222
15. The Partisan Consequences of Baker v. Carr and the One Person, One Vote Revolution......Page 242
16. Automating the Districting Process: An Experiment Using a Japanese Case Study......Page 254
VII. Multicountry Comparisons of Delimitation Practices......Page 266
17. Districting and Redistricting in Eastern and Central Europe: Regulations and Practices......Page 268
18. A Comparative Survey of Structures and Criteria for Boundary Delimitation......Page 282
Appendices......Page 302
References......Page 324
B......Page 336
C......Page 337
D......Page 338
E......Page 339
G......Page 340
I......Page 341
L......Page 342
M......Page 343
P......Page 344
R......Page 345
S......Page 346
U......Page 347
Z......Page 348