PAPERBACK ISBN: 0-88258-176-7    $28.95

320 pages; 6 x 9 inches

Edited by Chandler Davidson

Minority Vote Dilution, edited by Chandler Davidson, brings together the research of scholars, lawyers, and policymakers who are experts on various facets of this form of electoral discrimination. This collection of essays documents numerous cases in which vote dilution, as opposed to more subtle forms of electoral discrimination, has blocked minorities from successfully winning political office. Minority Vote Dilution analyzes the historical basis for dilution and delineates dilution techniques such as at-large elections, white bloc voting, and run-off primaries that continue to prevent minorities from gaining equal access to political power. A postscript by Davidson examines developments that occurred after the book was first published, including the major vote-dilution ruling by the Supreme Court in Thornburg v. Gingles.

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