Disenfranchising Democracy - Constructing Electorate in United States, United Kingdom, France

Disenfranchising Democracy examines the exclusions that accompany democratization and provides a theory of the expansion and restriction of voting rights.

List of contents

1. The puzzle of democratic disenfranchisement; Part I. The United States: 2. Revolutionary democracy; 3. The 'monstrous spectacle' of Jeffersonian democracy; 4 The white man's republic; Part II. The United Kingdom and France: 5. The fall of the Protestant constitution; 6. The republic through the side door; Conclusion.

About the author

David A. Bateman is Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, New York. He is co-author of Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction (forthcoming).

Summary

This book documents and explains the association between democratization and disenfranchisement. Through case studies of the USA, France, and the UK, it offers a new theoretical account rooted in the politics of coalition-building and the visions of political community advanced by coalitions in pursuit of their goals.

Product details

• Authors: David A Bateman, David A. Bateman, David A. (Cornell University Bateman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108470193
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47019-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, military history, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LAW / Election Law, c 1800 to c 1900, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Battles & campaigns, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, Election law, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General