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Author:   Peter A. Morrison ,  Thomas M. Bryan
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2019 ed.
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030158293

ISBN 10:   3030158292
Pages:   115
Publication Date:   11 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction & Overview.- Chapter 2: Background, Context, and Key Issues.- Chapter 3: Using This Reference Manual.- Part I: DATA AND METHODS.- Chapter 4: Overview of Data Used in Redistricting.- Chapter 5: Building a Redistricting Database.- Chapter 6: Special Purpose Demographic Accounting Models.- Part II: PROFILING LOCAL DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXTS.- Chapter 7: characterizing and illustrating local contexts.- Chapter 8: Group’s intrinsic voting strength.- Chapter 9: Techniques for contrasting the spatial distributions.- Chapter 10: Senate Factor 5 “Lingering effects of discrimination”.- Part III: EVALUATING AND COMPARING PLANS.- Chapter 11: Legal considerations.- Chapter 12: Specific concerns in comparing statewide redistricting plans.- Part IV: CASE STUDIES.- Chapter 13: Overview of part IV.- Chapter 14: Integrating Administrative, Political, and Statistical Geography.- Chapter 15: Disparities between Total and Eligible Voter Populations.- Chapter 16: Distinguishing “False Positives” Among Majority-minority Election Districts in Statewide Congressional Redistricting.- Chapter 17: Accounting for Postcensal Population Change.- Chapter 18: Accounting for Prisoner Populations.- Chapter 19: Balancing Representational & Electoral Equality.- Chapter 20: Balancing traditional redistricting criteria.- Chapter 21: Evaluating Minority Voting Strength in Spatially Diverse Contexts.- Chapter 22: Discerning Statistical Imprints of Intent.- Chapter 23: Foreseeing Hispanics’ Potential Future Voting Strength.- Chapter 24: Senate Factor 5 Evaluation.- Chapter 25: Characterizing Local Demographic Contexts.

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Peter A. Morrison is an applied demographer, retired from the RAND Corporation where he was the founding director of RAND’s Population Research Center. His principal interests are redistricting and, more generally, the analysis of demographic trends and their consequences for public policy and business. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, the RAND Graduate School, and the Helsinki School of Economics. He has been elected as President of the Southern Demographic Association and as a Director of the Population Association of America. Thomas M. Bryan is a data scientist and former Census Bureau statistician, with extensive experience using Census Bureau data.

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