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Mistaken identity : the Supreme Court and the politics of minority representation / Keith J. Bybee

Author
Bybee, Keith J., 1965-
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998]
Copyright Date
©1998
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 194 pages)
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English.
Contents
Chapter 1 The Voting Rights Act and the Struggle for Meaningful Political Membership 12 -- Chapter 2 The Supreme Court and Representation: Building an Analytical Framework 30 -- Chapter 3 Sound and Fury: Identifying the Role of Political Identity in the Public Debate 51 -- Chapter 4 The Early Cases 70 -- Chapter 5 The Later Cases: The Polarization of Judicial Debate 98 -- Chapter 6 The Possibilities of Legislative Learning 145.
Summary
Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial quotas. Cutting through these contradictory positions, Keith Bybee examines the theoretical foundations of the Court's decisions and the ideological controversy those decisions have engendered. He uncovers erroneous assumptions about political identity on both sides of the debate and formulates new terms on which minority representati.
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ISBN
9781400822775 (electronic bk.)
1400822777 (electronic bk.)
1400811163 (electronic bk.)
9781400811168 (electronic bk.)
9786612753589
6612753587
1282753584
9781282753587
9780691017297
0691017298
0691094969
9780691094960
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
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