The potential impact of recent Supreme Court decisions on the use of race and ethnicity in the redistricting process

Cities

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Webster, Gerald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTORAL DISTRICT; POLITICAL IMPACT; RACIAL CRITERIA; REDISTRICTING; SUPREME COURT;

USA;

EID: 0030931777     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-2751(97)00036-x     Document Type: Review

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