Politics of Voter Suppression - Defending and Expanding Americans'' Right to Vote

Informationen zum Autor Tova Andrea Wang is Senior Democracy Fellow at Demos and Fellow at The Century Foundation. Klappentext Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties. Zusammenfassung Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Janice Nittoli Preface 1. The Voter Inclusion Principle 2. The Early Years of Vote Suppression 3. Conditions and Consequences of the Voting Rights Act 4. Vote Suppression Goes National-and Republican 5. The Battle over Motor Voter 6. The Election of 2000 and Its Fallout 7. A Slight Upswing 8. Effects on Election Outcomes 9. How to Increase Participation Epilogue: What Citizens Can Do Notes Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Tova Wang, Tova Andrea Wang, WANG TOVA ANDREA
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2012
• EAN: 9780801450853
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-5085-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Century Foundation Books (Corn; A Century Foundation Book; Century Foundation Books (Corn; Century Foundation Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system