Bushmanders and Bullwinkles: How Politicians Manipulate Electronic Maps and Census Data to Win Elections
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For years Mark Monmonier, "a prose stylist of no mean ability or charm" according to the Washington Post , has delighted readers with his insightful understanding of cartography as an art and technology that is both deceptive and revealing. Now he turns his focus to the story of political cartography and the redrawing of congressional districts. His title Bushmanders and Bullwinkles combines gerrymander with the surname of the president who actively...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0226534243
ISBN13:9780226534244
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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How to design electoral districts to win
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Creating electoral districts to aid the party controlling the state legislature is a practice that goes back in U. S. history at least to the early 19th century. Monmonier gives a simple, easy- to-follow example of how it can be done, using simple diagrams.
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