Gerrymandering
(see also Congressional Politics, California Politics & Revitalizing Democracy)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Gerrymandering Began Here: Let's End It Here. Pamela Wilmot, Boston Globe (4/18/04).
The Great Election Grab. Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker (12/8/03).
How to Rig an Election. Economist (4/25/02).
Gerrymandering & the Need for Redistricting Reform. Michael D. Robbins, Fraud Factor (8/8/01).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Center for Voting & Democracy.
In the Library: Articles
Cox, Todd A. " Redistricting: how to keep it honest," National Voter 51,1 (9-10/01).
Haynes, Ray. "Redistricting blues," California Political Review 12,4 (7-8/01).
Zappia, "Apartheid USA: the Supreme Court strikes a blow against race-based redistricting," Diversity & Division 3,1 (fall 93).
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Buchman, Jeremy. Drawing Lines in Quicksand: Courts, Legislatures & Redistricting (NY: Peter Lang, 2003).
Burke, Christopher M. The Appearance of Equality: Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting & the Supreme Court (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1999).
Clark, William A.V. Mirroring the Mosaic: Redistricting in a Context of Cultural Pluralism (Santa Monica CA: Rand Corporation, 1992).
Clayton, Dewey M. African Americans & the Politics of Congressional Redistricting (NY: Garland, 2000).
Grofman, Bernard (ed.) Political Gerrymandering & the Courts (NY: Agathon, 1990).
Lublin, David. The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering & Minority Interests in Congress (Princeton NJ: Princeton, 1997).
Moore, Roger Allen. Political Gerrymandering & the Constitution (Washington: Heritage Foundation, 1987).
Myres, Sandra L. One Man, One Vote: Gerrymandering vs. Reapportionment (Austin TX: Steck-Vaughn, 1970).
Musgrove, Philip. The General Theory of Gerrymandering (Beverley Hills CA: Sage, 1977).
Rush, Mark E. Voting Rights & Redistricting in the US (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1998).