Embattled Vote in America - From the Founding to the Present

Informationen zum Autor Allan J. Lichtman is Distinguished Professor of History at American University and the author of many acclaimed books on U.S. political history, including White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, FDR and the Jews (with Richard Breitman), and The Case for Impeachment. He is regularly sought out by the media for his authoritative views on voting and elections. Klappentext Americans have died for the right to vote, yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders' greatest error--leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states--and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.

Product details

• Authors: Allan J Lichtman, Allan J. Lichtman, Lichtman Allan J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780674244818
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24481-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, civil rights, LAW / Election Law, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Election law