Political Geometry (eBook)

Rethinking Redistricting in the US with Math, Law, and Everything In Between

Moon Duchin, Olivia Walch (Herausgeber)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XIV, 463 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-69161-9 (ISBN)

Infos

'Why does my congressional district look like a salamander?' Politically engaged citizens have been asking this question for far too long. This volume collects perspectives from a wide cross-section of disciplines to explain what drives gerrymandering, why it can be hard to stamp out, and how we might go about fixing it. With topics ranging from the Voting Rights Act to Markov chains to the geography of communities, this book serves as a 21st century toolkit for how we can better approach this corrosive phenomenon.

The volume editors gather experts from a variety of fields to provide as many different perspectives on gerrymandering as possible. Thanks to the breadth of expertise found across these chapters, ranging from lawyers to mathematicians to civil rights activists, readers will discover new ways of thinking about redistricting in the United States. Illustrations and helpful walkthroughs appear throughout to clearly explain otherwise complex ideas from these areas. Political Geometry is a must-have for anybody interested in political representation in the United States elections, and for anyone who's ever thought, 'There must be a better way to do this.'

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 463 p. 124 illus., 119 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Gerrymandering corrupt • Gerrymandering data science • Gerrymandering history • Gerrymandering law • Gerrymandering origin • Gerrymandering reform • Math gerrymandering • Moon Duchin gerrymandering • Moon Duchin math • Redistricting corrupt • Redistricting gerrymandering • Redistricting reform • Voting rights act redistricting
• ISBN-10: 3-319-69161-9 / 3319691619
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-69161-9 / 9783319691619