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Reinventing the Austin City Council\nby Ann O'M. Bowman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Ann O'M. Bowman\nTitle: Reinventing the Austin City Council\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social discrimination and social justice\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nPublication year: 2020\nISBN-13: 9781439920008\nISBN-10: 1439920001\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nUntil recently, Austin, the progressive, politically liberal capital of Texas, elected its city council using a not-so-progressive system. Candidates competed citywide for seats, and voters could cast ballots for as many candidates as there were seats up for election. However, this approach disadvantages the representation of geographically-concentrated minority groups, thereby\u2014among other things\u2014prevent.