Whitelash - Unmasking White Grievance At the Ballot Box

Questions if voters would vote differently if it were illegal to discriminate in voting? How can courts enforce such a prohibition?

List of contents

Introduction: the long night of déjà vu; 1. Electing Trump and breaching norms; 2. The exoneration of white voters; 3. White voters and the law of alternative facts; 4. The sirens of white nationalism; 5. Law as pretext; 6. Voting while white; 7. Holding candidates and parties accountable; 8. We the people: fashioning a legal remedy for voter whitelash; Conclusion: the globalization of whitelash.

About the author

Terry Smith has spent twenty-five years teaching at national law schools, most recently as a Distinguished Research Professor. His legal scholarship has been cited by federal courts, and he is the author of the book Barack Obama, Post-racialism, and the New Politics of Triangulation (2012).

Product details

• Authors: Terry Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108445467
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44546-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, HISTORY / Africa / General, LAW / Government / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, African History, History of the Americas, Constitution: government & the state, Government powers, Constitution: government and the state