كتاب
Bushmanders & bullwinkles: how politicians manipulate electronic maps and census data to win elections
| العنوان: | Bushmanders & bullwinkles: how politicians manipulate electronic maps and census data to win elections Bushmanders and bullwinkles |
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| المؤلفون: | Monmonier, Mark S. |
| بيانات النشر: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001. |
| سنة النشر: | 2001 |
| وصف مادي: | xii, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Gerrymandering -- United States., Apportionment (Election law) -- United States., Election districts -- United States., Cartography -- Political aspects -- United States., Geographic information systems -- Political aspects -- United States. |
| الوصف: | "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 tolerated racial gerrymandering and draws attention to the ridiculously shaped congressional districts that evoke the antlers of the moose who shared the cartoon spotlight with Rocky the Flying Squirrel." "Bushmanders and Bullwinkles examines the political tales maps tell when votes and power are at stake. Monmonier shows how redistricting committees carve out favorable election districts for themselves and their allies; how disgruntled politicians use shape to challenge alleged racial gerrymanders; and how geographic information systems can make reapportionment a controversial process with outrageous products. He also explores the debates over the proper roles of natural boundaries, media maps, census enumeration, and ethnic identity. Monmonier also questions recent successful challenges to contorted election districts. Do the Supreme Court's pronouncements reflect obsolete assessments of distance and shape? How relevant is a district's perimeter? Is a focus on form, not function, little more than a distraction from larger issues like power sharing and election reform?"--Jacket. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm44701948 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-226-53424-4 0-226-53424-3 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-198) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.008609126.3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780226534244 0226534243 |
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