Maximization, Whatever The Cost
During the early 1990s the Department of Justice used its Voting Rights Act power to object to racially unfair redistricting laws to force states to maximize minority congressional districts. The results were dramatic: Congressional Black Caucus membership swelled from 25 to 38 and nine new Hispanic congresspersons were sworn in. Only three years later, the maximization strategy lay in ruins. The courts forced many of the new minority districts to be redrawn and the judiciary reserved...
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Examines how The Department of Justice forced states to maximize minority congressional seats in the Nineties.BooknewsExamines a critical civil rights enforcement agency at the center of a matrix of historical antecedents, interests, meanings, and values, looking at factors that help explain the Department of Justice's central role in achieving the maximization of minority congressional districts in Southern states. Analyzes the bureaucratic culture of the Voting Section, the Department's new interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, and external influences on the Department's decision making. The author is chairman of the political science department at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Prefaceix1The Mystery of Racial Redistricting in the Nineties12Transformation133Bureaucratic Culture of the Voting Section414The Department's New Interpretation of the Voting Rights Act675External Influences on the Department's Decision Making936From Compromised Compliance to Conquered Provinces1197Processes and Products of Voting Rights Act Enforcement141Afterword161Selected Bibliography165Index173
\ BooknewsExamines a critical civil rights enforcement agency at the center of a matrix of historical antecedents, interests, meanings, and values, looking at factors that help explain the Department of Justice's central role in achieving the maximization of minority congressional districts in Southern states. Analyzes the bureaucratic culture of the Voting Section, the Department's new interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, and external influences on the Department's decision making. The author is chairman of the political science department at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
