Mapping democracy: Racial identity and the quandary of political representation

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-166

  Forest, Benjamin ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Electoral redistricting; Gerrymandering; Political representation; Race; Racial identity

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035560703     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00237     Document Type: Article

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