Political Geometry

Political Geometry, edited by Moon Duchin and Olivia Walch, is now available from Birkhäuser. It’s quite affordable to buy, and it’s a pretty nice-looking object! We’ve also obtained permission to offer the content here in preprint form.

Chapters as PDFs

Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 0. Introduction by Moon Duchin (code)
Chapter 1. Explainer: Compactness by the numbers by Moon Duchin
Chapter 2. Measuring partisan fairness by Mira Bernstein and Olivia Walch (code)
Chapter 3. Interviews: Concepts of representation by the Editors
Chapter 4. Redistricting: Math, systems, or people? by Keith Gaddie
Chapter 5. Political geography and representation by Jonathan Rodden and Thomas Weighill (code)
Chapter 6. Explainer: A brief introduction to the VRA by Arusha Gordon and Douglas M. Spencer
Chapter 7. Race and redistricting by Ellen D. Katz
Chapter 8. Law, computing and redistricting in the 1960s by Alma Steingart
Chapter 9. The law of gerrymandering by Guy-Uriel Charles and Douglas M. Spencer
Chapter 10. Race, space, and the geography of representation by Christopher S. Fowler
Chapter 11. The elusive geography of communities by Garrett Dash Nelson
Chapter 12. Explainer: Communities of interest by Heather Rosenfeld and the Editors
Chapter 13. Geography as data by Lee Hachadoorian and Ruth Buck
Chapter 14. Three applications of entropy by Larry Guth, Ari Nieh, and Thomas Weighill (code)
Chapter 15. Explainer: Measuring clustering and segregation by James M. Murphy and the Editors
Chapter 16. Redistricting algorithms by Amariah Becker and Justin Solomon (code)
Chapter 17. Random walks by Daryl DeFord and Moon Duchin
Chapter 18. Making maps by Megan Gall, Karin Mac Donald, and Fred McBride
Chapter 19. Interview: Drawing for the courts by the Editors
Chapter 20. Explainer: Ranked choice voting by Thomas Weighill and the Editors
Chapter 21. Reform on the ground in Lowell, MA by Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal and Oren Sellstrom
Chapter 22. Explainer: Racial vs. partisan polarization by Arusha Gordon
Chapter 23. The state of play in voting rights by Kristen Clarke and Arusha Gordon
Epilogue by the Editors
Author Biographies