Bruce E. Cain - Fair and Effective Representation?

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FAIR AND EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION?

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Enduring Questions in American Political Life

Series Editor: Wilson Carey McWilliams, Rutgers University

This series explores the political, social, and cultural issues that originated during the founding of the American nation but are still heatedly debated today. Each book offers teachers and students a concise but comprehensive summary of the issue's evolution, along with the crucial documents spanning the range of American history. In addition, Enduring Questions in American Political Life provides insightful contemporary perspectives that illuminate the enduring relevance and future prospects of important issues on the American political landscape.

The Choice of the People? Debating the Electoral College by Judith A. Best, foreword by Thomas E. Cronin

A Wall of Separation? Debating the Public Role of Religion by Mary C. Segers and Ted G. Jelen, introduction by Clarke E. Cochran

A Republic of Parties? Debating the Two-Party System by Theodore J. Lowi and Joseph Romance, introduction by Gerald M. Pomper

Choosing Our Choices: Debating the Presidential Nominating Process by Robert E. DiClerico and James W. Davis

Fair and Effective Representation? Debating Electoral Reform and Minority Rights by Mark E. Rush and Richard L. Engstrom, introduction by Bruce E. Cain

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Debating Electoral Reform and Minority Rights

Mark E. Rush and Richard L. Engstrom

Introduction by Bruce E. Cain

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Rush, Mark E.

Fair and effective representation? : debating electoral reform and minority rights / Mark E. Rush and Richard L. Engstrom ; introd. by Bruce E. Cain

p. cm. (Enduring questions in American political life)

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8476-9211-6 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-8476-9212-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Apportionment (Election law)United States. 2. Election districtsUnited States. 3. GerrymanderingUnited States. 4. Representative government and representationUnited States. I. Engstrom, Richard Lee, 1946 II. Series.

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Mark Rush dedicates this to Flor, William, and Alex

Dick Engstrom dedicates this to Louise C. Engstrom and the late Elmer F. Engstrom

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Any book is a group effort. In addition to thanking each other we would like to make special mention of several people who helped make this book possible. First, many thanks to the folks at Rowman & Littlefield for soliciting and supporting our efforts and to Bruce Cain for writing the opening remarks. In addition, we wish to thank Susan Slim and Alex Sedgwick for their many hours of assistance in proofreading, fact checking, and so forth; and Suzyn Smith, who assisted with the index.