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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781769903321

Autore

King-Meadows Tyson <1972->

Titolo

When the letter betrays the spirit [[electronic resource] ] : voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama / / Tyson D. King-Meadows

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-22452-6

9786613224521

0-7391-4914-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/072

Soggetti

African Americans - Suffrage - History

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Congressional authority and voting rights enforcement -- pt. 1. A retrospective and prospective look at the Voting Rights Act: Why discretion matters in voting rights enforcement ; Obama's inheritance: the Johnson framework, the VRA, and faith in federal power -- pt. 2. The challenge to congressional authority: Misdirection : political theatre and the 2006 reauthorization of section 5 ; Partisan spoils of office : a post-Shaw judicial philosophy of civic literacy ; Is "Bull Connor" dead? : contemporary public opinion on voting rights policy ; A battle of principals : Congress, the DOJ, and the George W. Bush Administration -- pt. 3. A systems theory approach to enforcement: The macro-political context shaping enfranchisement, 2000-2008 ; Conclusion : regulating discretion and the challenge of post-racial politics.