1: Changing boundaries: myths and realities?
Apportionment in historical perspective
Early redistricting practices
The court and the "equal population" revolution
Changes in the meaning of redistricting equity
Vote dilution and redistricting
Politics in the post-1962 period
no end to controversy
2: Building blocks
The phases of congressional redistricting
A hypothetical illustration
The data for redistricting
Political data
Maps and measures of compactness
4: Values and trade-offs
Redistricting principles
Conflicting principles
5: What the states have done
Variations and similarities in state procedures
Conditions leading to partisan disputes
Courts and the states
6: What the rest of the world does
Explaining different approaches
Lessons from abroad
7: The paths to reform
Confusions in the dialogue over reform
Options assessed.