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King-Meadows Tyson <1972->
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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
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Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
Disciplina: | 342.73/072 |
Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Suffrage - History |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | When the letter betrays the spirit ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-22452-6 |
9786613224521 | |
0-7391-4914-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456709403321 |
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