When the letter betrays the spirit voting rights enforcement and African American participation from Lyndon Johnson to Barack Obama /

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Tác giả chính: King-Meadows, Tyson, 1972-
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Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.
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  • 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.