Racial redistricting for minority representation without partisan bias: A theoretical approach

Economics and Politics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-151

  Nakao, Keisuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINORITY GROUP; PARTY POLITICS; RACISM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 79951820143     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2010.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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