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Autore |
Wang Tova Andrea |
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Titolo |
The politics of voter suppression : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / / Tova Andrea Wang |
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012 |
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0-8014-6559-1 |
0-8014-6603-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Collana |
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A Century Foundation Book |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Elections - United States - History - 20th century |
Elections - Corrupt practices - United States - History - 20th century |
Voter registration - United States - History - 20th century |
Voter registration - Corrupt practices - United States - History - 20th century |
Suffrage - United States - History - 20th century |
Voting - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Century Foundation book." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The voter inclusion principle -- The early years of vote suppression -- Conditions and consequences of the Voting Rights Act -- Vote suppression goes national and Republican -- The battle over Motor Voter -- The election of 2000 and its fallout -- A slight upswing -- Effects on election outcomes -- How to increase participation -- Epilogue : what citizens can do. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Tova Wang explains how, across the twentieth century, the issue of access to the ballot was transformed from a largely practical matter of electoral advantage into an ideological difference between the Democrat and Republican Parties."--Publisher's Web site. |
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