Maximization, whatever the cost : race, redistricting, and the Department of Justice / / Maurice T. Cunningham

• Autore: Cunningham Maurice T
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73/07345
• Soggetto topico: Election districts - United States; Apportionment (Election law) - United States; African Americans - Segregation
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-171) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Maximization, Whatever the Cost -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Mystery of Racial Redistricting in the Nineties -- NOTES -- 2 Transformation -- ENFORCEMENT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 -- The Johnson Administration and the Early Years -- The Nixon Administration and the Seventies -- The Reagan Administration-Conflict Masks a Transformation -- THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 3 Bureaucratic Culture of the Voting Section -- FORGING A PATH -- PERSONNEL IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION -- Political Appointees -- The Professionals -- REGULATORY FRAMEWORK -- HUNKERING DOWN IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 The Department's New Interpretation of the Voting Rights Act -- TRADITIONAL AND MODERN APPROACHES IN THE SUPREME COURT -- NUDGING THE COURT DOWN A PROGRESSIVE PATH -- THE SECTION TWO RESULTS TEST, GINGLES, AND INCORPORATION -- A NEW INTERPRETATION OF DISCRIMINATORY PURPOSE -- PURPOSE AS POLICY-OBJECTION LETTERS -- CARRYING THE FIGHT TO THE COURTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 External Influences on the Department's Decision Making -- ORGANIZED INTERESTS IN THE VOTING RIGHTS ARENA -- CIVIL RIGHTS INTEREST GROUPS -- THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCATE -- THE STATES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 6 From Compromised Compliance to Conquered Provinces -- NORTH CAROLINA -- GEORGIA -- LOUISIANA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 7 Processes and Products of Voting Rights Act Enforcement -- PROCESSES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT -- PRODUCTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT -- Federalism -- Effect on Representation -- Damage to the Department -- TOWARD A RESTORATION -- NOTES -- Afterword -- NOTES -- Selected Bibliography -- CASE LAW -- REFERENCES -- Index -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Maximization, whatever the cost
• ISBN: 979-84-00-68380-0; 0-313-00065-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813101103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II