Representation, Geographic Districting, and Social Justice

Autor/in	Webster, Gerald R.
Titel	Representation, Geographic Districting, and Social Justice
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 103 (2004) 3, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Demography; Students; Justice; Politics; Legislators; Minority Groups; Science Curriculum; Class Activities; Discussion + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demografie; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Gerechtigkeit; Politik; Ethnische Minderheit; Diskussion
Abstract	The United States is undergoing rapid demographic change leading to growing racial, ethnic, religious and economic diversity in our classrooms. Our students can be sensitized to this growing diversity through exposure to the concept of social justice. The purpose of this article is to provide examples of how social justice issues can be included in classroom discussions of the American system of political representation. For this purpose, it examines selected aspects of the redistricting process. It points out that our historic reliance upon the winner-take-all single-member district system of electing representatives to legislative bodies limits the opportunity for minority groups to be fairly represented. It also provides an overview of the impact of the criminal justice system upon fair political representation. The article concludes with an example of a classroom exercise to demonstrate its major points. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10