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Race and Redistricting in the 1990s ISBN 087586-123-7, c. 416 pages, $39.00 (Vol. 15 in Agathon series on Representation) Edited by Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine Sixteen authors, almost all of whom have been directly involved in redistricting issues during the 1990s, offer detailed accounts and insider knowledge of the history and practical politics of congressional and state legislature redistricting and its consequences for racial representation. "...this volume makes a strong contribution to the rapidly growing literature on race and redistricting...for those seeking a more complete picture of race-conscious redistricting, with an emphasis on the nuts and bolts of the process, this volume will prove to be an important resource." Keith J. Bybee, The Law and Politics Review, June 1999. "If one ever wondered where to begin piecing together the tapestry of [the] expansive story of redistricting and minority…representation, ‘Race and Redistricting in the 1990s’ provides an effective road map. More importantly, this is a map replete with both the legal and political aspects of redistricting as they bear upon minority representation, assembled by people who grasp and are qualified to chart the trail." --Nicholas O. Alozie, American Review of Politics, Fall/Winter 1998

(Vol. 5 in the Agathon series on Representation).

CONTENTS. PART ONE. Theoretical and Empirical Issues. ELECTING MINORITY-PREFERRED CANDIDATES TO LEGISLATIVE OFFICE Lisa Handley, Bernard Grofman and Wayne Arden.. REPRESENTATION AND AMBITION IN THE NEW AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS Matthew M. Schousen, David T. Canon, and Patrick J. Sellers. ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF VOTING-RIGHTS-RELATED DISTRICTING ON DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley. PART TWO. Legal and Enforcement Issues. VOTING RIGHTS IN THE 1990s Bernard Grofman and Lisa Handley. POST-1990 REDISTRICTINGS AND THE PRECLEARANCE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACTMark A. Posner. PART THREE. Case Studies. PREDICTABLY UNPREDICTABLE: The Alaskan Supreme Court and Reapportionment Tuckerman Babcock. REAPPORTIONMENT WARS: Party, Race, and Redistricting in California, 1971-1992 Morgan Kousser. REAPPORTIONMENT STRATEGIES IN THE 1990s: The Case of Georgia Robert A. Holmes. RACE AND REPRESENTATIONAL DISTRICTING IN LOUISIANA Richard L. Engstrom and Jason E. Kirksey. CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING IN NORTH CAROLINA Patrick J. Sellers, David T. Canon and Matthew M. Schousen. LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTING IN SOUTH CAROLINA Orville Vernon Burton. THE POLITICS OF RACE: The Virginia Redistricting Experience, 1991-1997 Winnett W. Hagens. PART FOUR. Districting Commissions and Minority Empowerment. IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO REDISTRICT? Donald Stokes. NEW YORK CITY REDISTRICTING: A View from Inside Alan Gartner. Indexed References. Indexed Case List. Subject Index. About the Contributors.

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Lawmaking by Initiative: Issues, Options and Comparisons ISBN 087586-120-2, 280 pages, $30.00 Philip L. Dubois, University of Wyoming Floyd Feeney, University of California, Davis "Lawmaking by Initiative may well be the single best source for political scientists and others who want to know more about the contemporary direct democracy debate." Edward L. Lascher, Jr., American Political Science Review, September 1999 "Dubois and Feeney survey the initiative process and outline the key procedural problems which have arisen in the practice of lawmaking by initiative. While they focus on the experience in California, Dubois and Feeney have collected data regarding direct lawmaking across the country and abroad. They accurately and cogently describe many of the procedural issues generated by the initiative: signature requirements, ballot complexity, voter understanding, campaign finance, and judicial review. [Their] valuable contribution is among the handful of books any student of direct democracy should have on his or her shelf." Sherman J. Clark, Michigan Law Review, May 1999

(Vol. 4 in the Agathon series on Representation.

Philip L. Dubois is the author of From Ballot to Bench: Judicial Elections and the Quest for Accountability (1978), two edited volumes on court reform, and a host of articles on judicial selection and court administration. In April 1997 he became the 22nd president of the University of Wyoming. Floyd Feeney is Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis. From 1968 to 1986 he also served as Executive Director of the university's Center on Administration of Criminal Justice. A former law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, he is the author of three books and numerous articles on criminal justice and court reform. In 1992 he and Professor Dubois authored a monograph for the California Policy Seminar entitled Improving the California Initiative Process: Options for Change.

CONTENTS. 1. INTRODUCTION: The California Experience; The Book. 2. HISTORY. 3. THE INITIATIVE AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: Concepts; Experience with the Initiative. 4. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN STATE LAWS: States That Use the Initiative: Ballot Access—Signature Requirements; The Indirect Initiative; Pre-election Administrative Review; Pre-election Legislative Review; Pre-election Judicial Review. 5. INITIATIVE IN SWITZERLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES: Switzerland; Swiss Law—Federal Level; Swiss Law—Cantonal Level; Swiss Experience; More Detailed Description of Swiss Procedure; Restrictions on Initiative Subject Matter; Other Countries. 6. THE BASIC STRUCTURE—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, INITIATIVE STATUTES, AND SUBJECT-MATTER RESTRICTIONS: The Role of the Initiative in State Constitutional Amendments; Amendment Procedure; Amendment and Repeal of Initiative Statutes; Subject-matter Restrictions; Effective Date; The Indirect Initiative. 7. SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS. Purpose of Signature Requirements; Qualifying for the Ballot—Too Easy or Too Difficult? Reforming the Signature Qualification Process; Restoring the Reliability of Signature Qualification; Impact on the Initiative Process; Calculating the Signature Thresholds; Changing the Requirements for Passage. 8. REDUCING COMPLEXITY I—BETTER DRAFTING AND MORE ACCURATE VOTING: Better Drafting of Individual Proposals; More Accurate Voting—State the Effects of Yes Vote. 9. REDUCING COMPLEXITY II—MAKING INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES UNDERSTANDABLE: The Problem; The Single Subject Rule; The Subject Matter Must Be Expressed in the Title; An Assessment—How Well Have the Rules Protected Against Trojan Horses, Log Rolling, and Complexity? Some Future Possibilities. 10. REDUCING COMPLEXITY III—THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES: Number of Initiatives; Conflicting Ballot Propositions. 11. IMPROVING VOTER UNDERSTANDING: Quality of Voter Participation; The Voter Information Pamphlet: Who Uses It and How? Improving the Pamphlet: Broadcast and Nonprint Media. 12. INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND DISCLOSURE: Campaign Spending and Initiative Outcomes; Campaign Finance Rules; Special Disclosure Rules for Campaign Literature and Advertisements; Other Campaign Finance Related Rules. 13. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. Basic Structure of The Initiative Process; Qualifying for the Ballot; Reducing Complexity; Improving Voter Understanding—The Ballot Pamphlet; Campaign Finance and Disclosure; The Process of Reform. APPENDICES. INDEX 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 xii + 268 pp


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