Redistricting and gerrymandering in North Carolina : battlelines in the Tar Heel state / J. Michael Bitzer.
2021
JK1343.N8 B58 2021
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Title
Redistricting and gerrymandering in North Carolina : battlelines in the Tar Heel state / J. Michael Bitzer.
Author
Bitzer, J. Michael, author.
ISBN
9783030807474 (electronic book)
3030807479 (electronic book)
9783030807467
3030807460
3030807479 (electronic book)
9783030807467
3030807460
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : maps (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-80747-4 doi
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JK1343.N8 B58 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
328.3/345509756
Summary
This book gives a historical and contemporary overview of the redistricting process, using North Carolina for the different political, electoral, and legal issues and debates over the practice of drawing legislative district boundaries. Redistricting has been characterized as "the most political activity in America," and North Carolina has often been at the heart of recent controversies over this particular activity. In fact, the Tar Heel state was once described as "long notorious for (its) outrageous reapportionment." Through legislative construction to significant legal challenges, the Tar Heel state has been a noted case study for the past thirty years. From the contentious issues of redistricting principles to the matters of gerrymandering, based on race and politics, North Carolina's past three decades have seen major U.S. Supreme Court cases deal with redistricting controversies. By exploring this state's dealings with gerrymandering and redistricting, readers will have a better sense of the dynamics facing the nation as it confronts the 2020 Census and the subsequent redistricting efforts in 2021. J. Michael Bitzer is Professor of Politics and History and holds the T.P. and J.C. Leonard Chair of Political Science at Catawba College, USA, where he teaches courses on State Politics, Southern Politics, Constitutional Law, and North Carolina Politics.
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Palgrave pivot.
Palgrave studies in US elections.
Palgrave studies in US elections.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Historical aspects to redistricting in the United States
Chapter 2. Historical aspects to North Carolina politics and redistricting
Chapter 3. Redistricting in North Carolina in the 1970s to the 1990s
Chapter 4. The 2000s
Chapter 5. The 2010 Republican Takeover
Chapter 6. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. Historical aspects to North Carolina politics and redistricting
Chapter 3. Redistricting in North Carolina in the 1970s to the 1990s
Chapter 4. The 2000s
Chapter 5. The 2010 Republican Takeover
Chapter 6. Conclusion.