2000年代の議員定数再配分と選挙区画再編成 : アメリカと日本における諸問題

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the political process of redistribution of congressional seats and redistricting of Japan and the United States in the 2000s and to suggest the problems to be resolved. In Japan unequal distribution of seats still exists after the establishment of congressional boundary commission in 1994. The traditional respect to local government boundaries in making districts causes the difficulty of equal size of population in each district. The United States still suffers from the nightmare of gerrymander. While there were many racial gerrymanders in the 1990s, there are many partisan gerrymanders in the 2000s. Although several states attempt to avoid conflicts and gerrymander, most of states have not succeeded to overcome the troubles in the process of redistricting.