1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005860700403321

Autore

Honey, John

Titolo

Language is power : the story of standard english and its enemies / John Honey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; Boston : Faber and Faber, 1997

ISBN

0-571-19047-2

Descrizione fisica

X, 298 p. ; 20 cm

Disciplina

428.007

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

428.007 HON 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786711303321

Autore

Pinkard John E. <1943->

Titolo

African American felon disenfranchisement [[electronic resource] ] : case studies in modern racism and political exclusion / / John E. Pinkard, Sr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013

ISBN

1-59332-716-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

324.6/20869270973

Soggetti

Ex-convicts - Suffrage - United States

African American criminals

Political rights, Loss of - United States

Political rights, Loss of - United States - States

Racism - United States

Election law - United States - States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction and Hypothesis; Background to the Problem; Theoretical Premise; Methodology; Summary; Chapter 2: Statement of the Problem; The US Constitutional Anomaly of African AmericanFelon Disenfranchisement; Social Policy and a Theory of Race Formation; Thematic Literature Review of Pertinent CriminalJustice Research; Chapter 3: The Right to Participate: A Matter of Law andMoral Certitude; A Matter of U.S. Constitutional Law; A Matter of State Law; Civil Rights Act 1964 and 1965 and the Courts; A Matter of Judicial Review

Chapter 4: New Jersey: A Case Study in AutomaticFelon Voter RestorationIntroduction; New Jersey: Voter Rights and Profiles; New Jersey Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Essex County?; Chapter 5: Maryland: A Case Study of a State Mandating'Some' Permanent Disenfranchisement; Introduction; Maryland: Voter Rights and Profiles; Maryland Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Baltimore City?; Chapter 6: Virginia: A Case Study of a State MandatingPermanent Felon Disenfranchisement; Introduction

Virginia: Voter Rights and ProfilesVirginia Felon Voter Attitude Survey:A Matter of Choice; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Virginiaand Hampton County?; Chapter 7: Conclusion:; Examining the Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; A Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; Felon Enfranchisement: A Legal Argument; Judicial Review or Judicial Activism; Background to the Study; Comparative Case Studies of Felon Disenfranchisement; The Impact of Felon Disenfranchisementon the African American Community; Summary; Chapter 8: Epilogue; The Lessons of African American FelonDisenfranchisement; Postscript

AppendixEndnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Research and data presented in this book indicate that: felon disenfranchisement is based on moralistic beliefs, modern racism, and stereotypes about human differences and that permanent political marginalization of a particular segment of American society not only negates democracy in principle by di



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792037803321

Autore

Ward Allyna E

Titolo

Women and Tudor tragedy [[electronic resource] ] : feminizing counsel and representing gender / / Allyna E. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Lanham, Maryland, : Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group,  Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-299-28888-X

1-61147-602-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

822/.3093522

Soggetti

English drama - Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 - History and criticism

Women in literature

English drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism

Women and literature - Great Britain - History - 16th century

Great Britain History Tudors, 1485-1603

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Introduction; Chapter One: History, Religion, and Culture; Chapter Two: Political Women and Dramatic Representation; Chapter Three: Seneca and Female Power; Chapter Four: Tyrants and Counselors; Chapter Five: Frailty, Thy Name Is Woman; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Women and Tudor Tragedy explores the interconnected relationships of women as writers, dramatic characters, and political participants in Tudor England to reveal the importance of these to the understanding of women's place in English culture, political, and religious life.