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?

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Terry Smith
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108445467
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44546-7
• Pagine: 300
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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