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BL
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1016479
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b770849
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Behr, Joshua G.,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Race, ethnicity, and the politics of city redistricting : : minority-opportunity districts and the election of Hispanics and Blacks to city councils /\ Joshua G. Behr.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2004.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in African American studies
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1 online resource (xi, 158 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0791459950
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: 0791459969
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: 0791485498
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: 142374019X
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: 9780791459959
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: 9780791459966
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: 9780791485491
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: 9781423740193
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-150) and indexes.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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African American legislators.
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Apportionment (Election law)-- United States.
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City council members-- United States.
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Gerrymandering-- United States.
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Hispanic American legislators.
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Local elections-- United States.
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African American legislators.
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Apportionment (Election law)
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City council members.
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Gerrymandering.
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Hispanic American legislators.
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Local elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Local.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- State Provincial.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.8/5/08900973
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| LC Classification
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JS371.B44 2004eb
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