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UNINA9910462388003321 |
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McCool Daniel |
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The Most Fundamental Right [[electronic resource] ] : Contrasting Perspectives on the Voting Rights Act |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2012 |
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1-283-60871-5 |
9786613921161 |
0-253-00710-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (419 p.) |
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Minorities - Suffrage - United States |
Minorities -- Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses |
Suffrage - United States |
Suffrage -- United States -- Congresses |
United States |
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- Congresses |
Minorities - United States |
Law - U.S |
Law, Politics & Government |
Constitutional Law - U.S |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 THE POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT; 1 Meaningful Votes; 2 The Constitutional Foundations of the "Preclearance" Process: How Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act Was Enforced, 1965-2005; 3 Influence District and the Courts: A Concept in Need of Clarity; PART 2 THE DEBATE; 4 The Bull Connor Is Dead Myth: Or Why We Need Strong, Effectively Enforced Voting Rights Laws; 5 Bull Connor Is Long Dead: Let's Move On; 6 The Voting Rights Act in South Dakota: One Litigator's Perspective on Reauthorization |
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7 Realistic Expectations: South Dakota's Experience with the Voting Rights Act8 The Continuing Need for the Language-Assistance Provisions of the Voting Rights Act; 9 Policy and Constitutional Objections to Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act; PART 3 COMMENTARY; 10 After NAMUDNO: The Shape of Future Litigation; 11 Looking Backward to and Forward from the 2006 Voting Rights Act Reauthorization; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Passed in 1965 during the height of the Civil Rights movement, the Voting Rights Act (VRA) changed the face of the American electorate, dramatically increasing minority voting, especially in the South. While portions of the Act are permanent, certain provisions were set to expire in 2007. Reauthorization of these provisions passed by a wide margin in the House, and unanimously in the Senate, but the lopsided tally hid a deep and growing conflict. The Most Fundamental Right is an effort to understand the debate over the Act and its role in contemporary American democracy. Is the VRA the corn |
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UNINA9910139880803321 |
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Autore |
Read Tony J. <1958-> |
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The IT value network [[electronic resource] ] : from IT investment to stakeholder value / / Tony J. Read |
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2009 |
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0-470-54187-3 |
1-119-19798-8 |
1-282-30214-0 |
9786612302145 |
0-470-54185-7 |
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1 online resource (339 p.) |
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Information technology - Cost effectiveness - Evaluation |
Capital investments - Evaluation |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Value; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part III: Six Degrees of IT Value-There IT Is; Part IV: IT Value Network Clients-Did IT, Got IT; Part V: Emerging Reality-Do IT, Value IT; Acknowledgments; Part I: Status Quo-Where's the Value?; Chapter 1: IT Investment; Chapter 2: Conventional IT Valuation; Chapter 3: Banking Value; Part II: Triangulating the Value-Somewhere Here; Chapter 4: IT Value Network Measurement; Chapter 5: IT Value Network Measures; Chapter 6: IT Value Network Measures; Chapter 7: Triangulating IT Investment Value |
Part III: Six Degrees of IT Value-There IT IsChapter 8: IT Value Network Management; Chapter 9: First Degree of IT Value; Chapter 10: Second Degree of IT Value; Chapter 11: Third Degree of IT Value; Chapter 12: Fourth Degree of IT Value; Chapter 13: Fifth Degree of IT Value; Chapter 14: Sixth Degree of IT Value; Part IV: IT Value Network Clients-Did IT, Got IT; Chapter 15: NA Bank; Chapter 16: Nortel Networks; Chapter 17: Indigo Books & Music; Chapter 18: NA Credit Union; Part V: Emerging Reality-Do IT, Value IT; Chapter 19: Forward Thinking; Chapter 20: Connecting the Dots; Glossary; Notes |
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Learn to measure and manage the real value of IT investment and spending IT investments are becoming more than just business enablers or assets on the books; they provide capability that can drive the business. Thought leadership should migrate towards information investment, getting a bigger bang for the buck from the 'I' in IT and from the 'I' in CIO. The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Economic Value incorporates new emerging decision support methods, such as real options, which are considered to complement traditional financial measures. Organizational and in |
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