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Rotten Boroughs, Political Thickets, and Legislative Donnybrooks : Redistricting in Texas / ed. by Gary A. Keith.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and CulturePublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292745414
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.76407345
LOC classification:
  • JK4868 ǂb R67 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Prologue: Scope and Methods -- Introduction. The Prequel: Unequal Representation -- 1. Entering the Thicket: 1965 -- 2. Legislating in the Thicket -- 3. Litigating Texas Redistricting: A Democratic Lawyer’s Experience -- 4. Texas Redistricting: A Republican Lawyer’s Perspective -- 5. The Voting Rights Organizers -- 6. Analyzing Redistricting Outcomes -- Conclusion. Redistricting Redux: 2011 and Beyond -- Epilogue: Navigating the Brambles of the Political Thicket -- Notes -- Sources -- About the Contributors -- Index
Summary: Every ten years, the Texas legislature redistricts itself and the state’s congressional districts in an attempt to ensure equality in representation. With a richly textured cultural fabric, Texas often experiences redistricting battles that are heated enough to gain national attention. Collecting a variety of voices, including legislators themselves, in addition to lawyers, community organizers, political historians, and political scientists, Rotten Boroughs, Political Thickets, and Legislative Donnybrooks delivers a multidimensional picture of how redistricting works in Texas today, and how the process evolved. In addition to editor Gary Keith’s historical narrative, which emphasizes the aftermath of the Warren Court’s redistricting decisions, longtime litigators David Richards and J. D. Pauerstein describe the contentious lines drawn from the 1970s into the 2000s. Former state legislator and congressman Craig Washington provides an insider’s view, while redistricting attorney and grassroots organizer Jose Garza describes the repercussions for Mexican Americans in Texas. Balancing these essays with a quantitative perspective, political scientists Seth McKee and Mark McKenzie analyze the voting data for the 2000 decade to describe the outcomes of redistricting. The result is a timely tour that provides up-to-date context, particularly on the role of the Voting Rights Act in the twenty-first century. From local community engagement to the halls of the Capitol, this is the definitive portrait of redistricting and its repercussions for all Texans.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Prologue: Scope and Methods -- Introduction. The Prequel: Unequal Representation -- 1. Entering the Thicket: 1965 -- 2. Legislating in the Thicket -- 3. Litigating Texas Redistricting: A Democratic Lawyer’s Experience -- 4. Texas Redistricting: A Republican Lawyer’s Perspective -- 5. The Voting Rights Organizers -- 6. Analyzing Redistricting Outcomes -- Conclusion. Redistricting Redux: 2011 and Beyond -- Epilogue: Navigating the Brambles of the Political Thicket -- Notes -- Sources -- About the Contributors -- Index

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Every ten years, the Texas legislature redistricts itself and the state’s congressional districts in an attempt to ensure equality in representation. With a richly textured cultural fabric, Texas often experiences redistricting battles that are heated enough to gain national attention. Collecting a variety of voices, including legislators themselves, in addition to lawyers, community organizers, political historians, and political scientists, Rotten Boroughs, Political Thickets, and Legislative Donnybrooks delivers a multidimensional picture of how redistricting works in Texas today, and how the process evolved. In addition to editor Gary Keith’s historical narrative, which emphasizes the aftermath of the Warren Court’s redistricting decisions, longtime litigators David Richards and J. D. Pauerstein describe the contentious lines drawn from the 1970s into the 2000s. Former state legislator and congressman Craig Washington provides an insider’s view, while redistricting attorney and grassroots organizer Jose Garza describes the repercussions for Mexican Americans in Texas. Balancing these essays with a quantitative perspective, political scientists Seth McKee and Mark McKenzie analyze the voting data for the 2000 decade to describe the outcomes of redistricting. The result is a timely tour that provides up-to-date context, particularly on the role of the Voting Rights Act in the twenty-first century. From local community engagement to the halls of the Capitol, this is the definitive portrait of redistricting and its repercussions for all Texans.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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