The politics of voter suppression : defending and expanding Americans' right to vote / / Tova Andrea Wang

• Autore: Wang Tova Andrea
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.60973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 20th century
• Soggetto non controllato: election laws and policies, Republican Party, electoral system, voter registration, positive reforms,
• Altri autori: NittoliJanice
• Note generali: "A Century Foundation book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of voter suppression
• ISBN: 0-8014-6559-1; 0-8014-6603-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817826503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II