Several recent Supreme Court decisions and their implications for political redistricting in Voting Rights Act context

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 565-578

  Terrie, E Walter ^a,b  

^a Center for the Study of Population   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied demography; Political redistricting; Reapportionment; Redistricting case law; Voting Rights Act

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL REDISTRICTING; SUPREME COURT DECISION; VOTING RIGHTS ACT;

USA;

EID: 0030318563     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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